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Shona
Shona



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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

31
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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

Armenian
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2437
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1746
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, 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

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Mhoro

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Waita zvako

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Masikati

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Mangwanani

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ndineurombo

Bye

αντίο (antío)
bye

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Greece
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

2,800.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Karanga

Where They Speak

Italy
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

50,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Ukraine
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.0016.00
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?

13.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
chiShona

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
shona

German Name

Neugriechisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Shona people

History

Origin

1500 BC
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Shona

Language Position

74107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
sna

ISO 639 2/B

gre
sna

ISO 639 3

ell
sna

ISO 639 6

ells
sna

Glottocode

gree1276
core1255

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
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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Greek and Shona Alphabets

Greek and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Shona. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Greek and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Shona languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Greek and Shona Speaking population

Greek and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Shona on Greek vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Shona Language Codes

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