Countries
Zimbabwe
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
France, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3727
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Kaixo
Thank You
Waita zvako
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Gabon
Good Evening
Manheru
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Egun on
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Mesedez
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Barkatu
Bye
bye
Agur
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
France
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Souletin
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Biscayan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Spain
How Many People Speak
16.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million7.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Euskara
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
shona
basque
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Basque people
Origin
20th century
c. 1000
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Basque
Language Position
10730
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sn
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
eus
ISO 639 2/B
sna
baq
ISO 639 3
sna
eus
ISO 639 6
sna
eus
Glottocode
core1255
basq1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative