Countries
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3246
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Mhoro
Thank You
gode ku
Waita zvako
How Are You?
yaya dai
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
barka da yamma
Manheru
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
Masikati
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Mangwanani
Please
Don Allah
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
yi hakuri
Ndineurombo
Bye
sai anjima
bye
I Love You
Ina son ku
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Ghana
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Karanga
Where They Speak
Niger
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Niger
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
50.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
haoussa
shona
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Shona people
Origin
14
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Shona
Language Position
34107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
sna
ISO 639 2/B
hau
sna
ISO 639 3
hau
sna
ISO 639 6
hau
sna
Glottocode
haus1257
core1255
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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