Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Zimbabwe
National Language
Russia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Mhoro
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Masikati
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Mangwanani
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Ndineurombo
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Olonets
Karanga
Where They Speak
Olonets
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Novgorod
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Русский
chiShona
Alternative Names
Russki
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Russisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Russians
Shona people
Origin
1000 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Russian 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 Russian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Russian and Shona Speaking population
Russian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Shona on Russian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Russian and Shona Language Codes
Russian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.