Countries
Zimbabwe
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3736
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Waita zvako
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Manheru
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Masikati
mirëdita
Good Morning
Mangwanani
mirëmengjes
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Ju lutem
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Me fal
Bye
bye
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ndinokuda
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Më falni
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Italy
How Many People Speak
16.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Shqip
French Name
shona
albanais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Albanians
Origin
20th century
1462 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Albanian
Language Position
10714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
sna
alb
ISO 639 3
sna
sqi
ISO 639 6
sna
sqi
Glottocode
core1255
alba1267
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic