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Countries

Countries

Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

71
0 46
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National Language

Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  • 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

French and Portuguese Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2137
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1646
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

ciao
Mhoro

Thank You

grazie
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Come stai?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

buonanotte
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

buonasera
Manheru

Good Afternoon

buon pomeriggio
Masikati

Good Morning

buongiorno
Mangwanani

Please

Per Favore
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

scusate
Ndineurombo

Bye

arrivederci
bye

I Love You

Ti amo
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Scusami
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Romanesco
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Lazio
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Italian
Karanga

Where They Speak

Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Tuscan
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

69,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

154
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

78.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.90 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

64.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

14.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Italiano
chiShona

Alternative Names

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

French Name

italien
shona

German Name

Italienisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[itaˈljaːno]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Italians
Shona people

History

Origin

960 BC
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Italian
Standard Shona

Language Position

27107
1 120
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Signed Forms

italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

it
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ita
sna

ISO 639 2/B

ita
sna

ISO 639 3

ita
sna

ISO 639 6

itas
sna

Glottocode

ital1282
core1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-q
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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Italian and Shona Alphabets

Italian and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Italian and Shona. In Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Italian and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Italian and Shona languages. The Italian phonology consist Italian vowels and Italian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Italian greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Italian and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Italian and Shona Speaking population

Italian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Italian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Italian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 % 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 Italian and Shona on Italian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Italian and Shona Language Codes

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