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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Je t'aime
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Hwesa
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
African French
Karanga
Where They Speak
Africa
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard French
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1290
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
99-AUT-a
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 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.