Estonian and Shona
Countries
Estonia, European Union
Zimbabwe
National Language
Estonia, Gambia
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
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish
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
Not Available
Thank You
aitäh
Waita zvako
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Head ööd
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
Masikati
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Mangwanani
Please
Palun
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Vabandust
Ndineurombo
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Vabandage
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Idamurre
Zezuru
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
eesti keel
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Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
estonien
shona
German Name
Estnisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Estonians
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Origin
13th century
20th century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
Standard Forms
Estonian
Not Available
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
esto1258
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Estonian 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 Estonian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Estonian and Shona Speaking population
Estonian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available 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 Estonian and Shona on Estonian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Estonian and Shona Language Codes
Estonian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.