Countries
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4617
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
hallo
Thank You
Waita zvako
Dankie
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
goeie nag
Good Evening
Manheru
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Mangwanani
goeie more
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
asseblief
Sorry
Ndineurombo
jammer
Bye
bye
Totsiens
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
-
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
-
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Namibia
How Many People Speak
16.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Cape Dutch
French Name
shona
afrikaans
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Afrikaners
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
10723
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
afr
ISO 639 2/B
sna
afr
ISO 639 3
sna
afr
ISO 639 6
sna
afrs
Glottocode
core1255
afri1274
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic