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Countries

Countries

Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

321
0 46
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National Language

France
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Africa, Canada
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

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

Minority Language

Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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Interesting Facts

  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  • 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

Italian Language
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

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2046
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

bonjour
Mhoro

Thank You

Merci
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Comment allez-vous?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

bonne Nuit
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

bonsoir
Manheru

Good Afternoon

bon Après-Midi
Masikati

Good Morning

Bonjour
Mangwanani

Please

S'il vous plaît
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

désolé
Ndineurombo

Bye

au revoir
bye

I Love You

Je t'aime
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Excuse Moi
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Quebec French
Hwesa

Where They Speak

New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

6,200,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

African French
Karanga

Where They Speak

Africa
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

274,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Swiss French
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Northeast France, Switzerland
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

163.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

1.12 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

76.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

87.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

français
chiShona

Alternative Names

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

French Name

français
shona

German Name

Französisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

French people
Shona people

History

Origin

9th Century
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old French, Middle French and French
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Standard French
Standard Shona

Language Position

13107
1 120
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Signed Forms

le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

fr
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

fra
sna

ISO 639 2/B

fre
sna

ISO 639 3

fra
sna

ISO 639 6

fras
sna

Glottocode

stan1290
core1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-i
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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French and Shona Alphabets

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

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

French and Shona Speaking population

French and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which French and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of French and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 % 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 French and Shona on French vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

French and Shona Language Codes

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