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Esperanto and Shona


Shona and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
East Asia, European Union  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Latin and Italian Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
27  
17
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Dankon  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Bonan nokton  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Bonan matenon  
Mangwanani  

Please
Mi petas  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Ĝis poste  
bye  

I Love You
Mi amas vin  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Pardonu!  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Not present  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Not present  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Not present  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.20 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Esperanto  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
espéranto  
shona  

German Name
Esperanto  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Esperanto speakers  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1887  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Esperanto  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
33  
31
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Signuno  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
eo  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
epo  
sna  

ISO 639 3
epo  
sna  

ISO 639 6
epo  
sna  

Glottocode
espe1235  
core1255  

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Esperanto and Shona Speaking population

Esperanto and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Esperanto and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Esperanto and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 % 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 Esperanto and Shona on Esperanto vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Esperanto and Shona Language Codes

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

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