Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
61
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3137
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2046
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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Hello
alo
Mhoro
Thank You
multumesc
Waita zvako
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
noapte Buna
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
buna Seara
Manheru
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
Masikati
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
Mangwanani
Please
Vă Rog
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
scuze
Ndineurombo
Bye
La revedere
bye
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
250,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Croatia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,400.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
28.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.37 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
24.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
chiShona
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
roumain; moldave
shona
German Name
Rumänisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Shona people
Origin
1521
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Shona
Language Position
36107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
sna
ISO 639 2/B
rum
sna
ISO 639 3
ron
sna
ISO 639 6
ron
sna
Glottocode
roma1327
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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