Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2446
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
akkam
Mhoro
Thank You
Galatoomi
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
Masikati
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Mangwanani
Please
Maaloo
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Ndineurombo
Bye
Nagayattii!
bye
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Borana
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Orma
Karanga
Where They Speak
Kenya
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
66,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kenya
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
13,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
174
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afaan Oromo
chiShona
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
galla
shona
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Shona people
Origin
16
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard Shona
Language Position
91107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
sna
ISO 639 2/B
orm
sna
ISO 639 3
orm
sna
ISO 639 6
orm
sna
Glottocode
nucl1736
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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