Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Zimbabwe
National Language
Germany
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Danke
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
guten Abend
Manheru
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Masikati
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Mangwanani
Please
bitte
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Verzeihung
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Karanga
Where They Speak
Germany
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Texas
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
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Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
allemand
shona
German Name
Deutsch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
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Ethnicity
Germans
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Origin
6th Century AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
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Signed Forms
Signed German
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
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Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All German 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 German and Shona dialects. Various dialects of German and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Shona Speaking population
German and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of German and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Shona on German vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Shona Language Codes
German and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.