Countries
United States of America
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
United States of America
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
North America
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
- 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
Apache Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3446
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Yá'át'ééh
Mhoro
Thank You
Ahéhee'
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
Masikati
Good Morning
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Mangwanani
Please
T'aa shoodi
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Nízhdził
Ndineurombo
Bye
Hágoónee’
bye
I Love You
Ayóó ánííníshí
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Shoohá
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Navajo1
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Arizona
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
170,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Navajo2
Karanga
Where They Speak
New Mexico
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
170,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Navajo3
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Utah
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
120,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.70 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.05 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.70 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.17 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
chiShona
Alternative Names
Navaho
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
navaho
shona
German Name
Navajo-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Navajo people
Shona people
Origin
1500 CE
20th century
Language Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Athapascan
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Navajo
Standard Shona
Language Position
29107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Navajo Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
nv
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nav
sna
ISO 639 2/B
nav
sna
ISO 639 3
nav
sna
ISO 639 6
nav
sna
Glottocode
nava1243
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic
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