Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Zimbabwe
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
dankjewel
Waita zvako
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
goedenavond
Manheru
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Masikati
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Mangwanani
Please
alsjeblieft
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
pardon
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Karanga
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Limburgian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Nederlands
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Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
shona
German Name
Niederländisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
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Origin
AD 450-500
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
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Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
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Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Dutch and Shona Speaking population
Dutch and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Shona on Dutch vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Dutch and Shona Language Codes
Dutch and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Dutch and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.