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Shona and Basque


Basque and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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
-  
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

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
France  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
0.70 million  
99+

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  

History

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
107  
99+
30  
28

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

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  

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

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Shona and Basque Speaking population

Shona and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Shona vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Basque Language Codes

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

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