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Arabic
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Total No. Of Countries

123
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council

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.
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Amharic and Hebrew

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3728
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

58
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4628
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic

Writing Direction

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Right-To-Left, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
مرحبا

Thank You

Waita zvako
شكرا

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
كيف حالك؟

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
تصبح على خير

Good Evening

Manheru
مساء الخير

Good Afternoon

Masikati
مساء الخير

Good Morning

Mangwanani
صباح الخير

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
من فضلك

Sorry

Ndineurombo
آسف

Bye

bye
وداعا

I Love You

Ndinokuda
أحبك

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
اعذرني

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Maghrebi

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00310,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Sudanese

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Sudan

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0017,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Levantine

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Cyprus, Levant

How Many People Speak

16.0021,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

426
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million452.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %4.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million206.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million246.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
(al arabiya) العربية

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic

French Name

shona
arabe

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Arabisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/

Ethnicity

Shona people
Arabs

History

Origin

20th century
512 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Semitic

Branch

Bantu
North Arabic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Modern Standard Arabic

Language Position

10725
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Arabic

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
ar

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
ara

ISO 639 2/B

sna
ara

ISO 639 3

sna
ara

ISO 639 6

sna
ara

Glottocode

core1255
arab1395

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
12-AAC

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Shona and Arabic Alphabets

Shona and Arabic Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Arabic. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Shona and Arabic languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Arabic languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Arabic greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Arabic are Most Spoken Languages.

All Shona and Arabic 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 Shona and Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Shona and Arabic Speaking population

Shona and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Shona and Arabic on Shona vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Arabic Language Codes

Shona and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.