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Quechua
Quechua

Shona
Shona



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Countries

Countries

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

South 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

  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
  • 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

Aymara and Guarani Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3137
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2646
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Rimaykullayki
Mhoro

Thank You

Solpayki
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Allillanchu
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Allin tuta
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Wuynas nuchis
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Wuynas tardis
Masikati

Good Morning

Wuynus diyas
Mangwanani

Please

jamuspa
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Pampachaykuway
Ndineurombo

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

Kuyayki
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Pampachaway
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Ancash
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Peru
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

920,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Huánuco
Karanga

Where They Speak

Peru
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

190,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Yaru
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Peru
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

150,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

104
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.90 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.90 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

8.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Qhichwa
chiShona

Alternative Names

North La Paz Quechua
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

quechua
shona

German Name

Quechua-Sprache
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈketʃwa]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Quechua
Shona people

History

Origin

16th Century
20th century

Language Family

Quechumaran Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Andean Equatorial
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Quechua
Standard Shona

Language Position

23107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Quechua
Signed Shona

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

qu
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

que
sna

ISO 639 2/B

que
sna

ISO 639 3

que
sna

ISO 639 6

que
sna

Glottocode

quec1387
core1255

Linguasphere

No data Available
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Quechua and Shona Alphabets

Quechua and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Quechua and Shona. In Quechua Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Quechua and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Quechua and Shona languages. The Quechua phonology consist Quechua vowels and Quechua consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Quechua greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Quechua and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Quechua and Shona Speaking population

Quechua and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Quechua and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Quechua and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Quechua language is 0.13 % 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 Quechua and Shona on Quechua vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Quechua and Shona Language Codes

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