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
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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
I love you
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
American English
Hwesa
Where They Speak
United States of America
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Karanga
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Zezuru
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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
Origin
5th Century AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1293
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUT-a
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 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.