Shona and Azerbaijani
Countries
Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Turkish
Derived From
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Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
necəsən
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
Manheru
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
lütfən
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Bağışlayın
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Russia
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Azerbaijan
Native Name
chiShona
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Azerbaijani
Origin
20th century
16th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
core1255
azer1255
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Shona and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Azerbaijani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Azerbaijani Dialects are spoken in different Azerbaijani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Azerbaijani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Azerbaijani dialects include: Derbent , Gazakh. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Azerbaijani Speaking population
Shona and Azerbaijani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Azerbaijani languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Azerbaijani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Azerbaijani language is 0.34 %. 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 Azerbaijani on Shona vs Azerbaijani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Azerbaijani Language Codes
Shona and Azerbaijani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Azerbaijani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.