Countries
Zimbabwe
Belarus, Poland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3748
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4639
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
dobry dzień
Thank You
Waita zvako
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Dabranač
Good Evening
Manheru
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Masikati
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Kali laska
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Vybačajcie
Bye
bye
da pabačennia
I Love You
Ndinokuda
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Hwesa
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
North-East Belarus
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
South-West Belarus
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
16.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.63 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.89 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
shona
biélorusse
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Belarusians
Origin
20th century
18th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Belarusian
Language Position
10779
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Belarusian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
be
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
bel
ISO 639 2/B
sna
bel
ISO 639 3
sna
bel
ISO 639 6
sna
bel
Glottocode
core1255
bela1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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