Countries
Zimbabwe
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3762
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4660
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Manheru
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
амритана
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Амарахь
Bye
bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
-
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Sadz
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Turkey
How Many People Speak
16.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
shona
abkhaze
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Abkhaz people
Origin
20th century
c. 1650
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Abkhaz
Language Position
10728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
abk
ISO 639 2/B
sna
abk
ISO 639 3
sna
abk
ISO 639 6
sna
abks
Glottocode
core1255
abkh1244
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative