Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Czech Republic
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
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Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
- 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
325
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3246
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ahoj
Mhoro
Thank You
děkuji
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
dobrou noc
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
dobrý večer
Manheru
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
Masikati
Good Morning
dobré ráno
Mangwanani
Please
prosím
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
litovat
Ndineurombo
Bye
sbohem
bye
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
promiňte
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Chod
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Lach
Karanga
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
10,500,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Moravian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
108,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
134
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
11.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.15 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
11.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
tchèque
shona
German Name
Tschechisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Czechs
Shona people
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Standard Shona
Language Position
73107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cs
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ces
sna
ISO 639 2/B
cze
sna
ISO 639 3
ces
sna
ISO 639 6
ces
sna
Glottocode
czec1258
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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