Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Taiwan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Masikati
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Mangwanani
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
chinois
shona
German Name
Chinesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Han
Shona people
Origin
1250 BC
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sini1245
core1255
Linguasphere
79-AAA
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese and Shona Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Shona Speaking population
Chinese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Shona on Chinese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Shona Language Codes
Chinese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.