Countries
Macedonia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Latin
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Mhoro
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Masikati
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Mangwanani
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
жал (žal)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Macedonia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Macedonia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
macédonien
shona
German Name
Makedonisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Shona people
Origin
2200 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
mace1250
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Macedonian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Macedonian are spoken in different Macedonian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Macedonian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian, Debar. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Macedonian and Shona Speaking population
Macedonian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Macedonian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Macedonian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 % 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 Macedonian and Shona on Macedonian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Macedonian and Shona Language Codes
Macedonian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Macedonian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.