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Countries

Countries

Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

331
0 46
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National Language

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa

Minority Language

South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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

Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2637
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2146
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

74
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

6 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hello
Mhoro

Thank You

Thank you
Waita zvako

How Are You?

How are you?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Good Evening
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon
Masikati

Good Morning

Good Morning
Mangwanani

Please

Please
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Sorry
Ndineurombo

Bye

Bye
bye

I Love You

I love you
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Excuse Me
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

American English
Hwesa

Where They Speak

United States of America
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

225,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hiberno-English
Karanga

Where They Speak

Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

4,500,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Welsh English
Zezuru

Where They Speak

United Kingdom
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

2,500,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

1884
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1,200.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

5.43 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

400.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

400.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

English
chiShona

Alternative Names

English
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

anglais
shona

German Name

Englisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

English people
Shona people

History

Origin

5th Century AD
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Standard English
Standard Shona

Language Position

3107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed English
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

en
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

eng
sna

ISO 639 2/B

eng
sna

ISO 639 3

eng
sna

ISO 639 6

engs
sna

Glottocode

stan1293
core1255

Linguasphere

52-ABA
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Shona Alphabets

English and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Shona. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn English and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Shona languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All English 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 English and Shona dialects. Various dialects of English and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

English and Shona Speaking population

English and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of English and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Shona on English vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Shona Language Codes

English and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.