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Shona
Shona

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Shona and Cantonese Speaking countries

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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Hong Kong, Macau

Total No. Of Countries

12
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China, Guangdong

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
Hawaii

Regulated By

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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division

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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Chinese Language

Derived From

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Shona vs Cantonese Countries

Comparing Shona vs Cantonese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Shona and Cantonese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Shona is official language is 1 whereas total number of countries where Cantonese is official language is 2

Find if Shona and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Shona and Cantonese speaking countries will give you the presence of Shona and Cantonese languages in different countries. Along with Shona vs Cantonese countries, you can also compare Shona vs Cantonese.

Shona and Cantonese as Minority Language

In Shona and Cantonese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Shona and Cantonese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

  • Shona as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
  • Cantonese as minority language: Hawaii.

If you want to compare Shona and Cantonese dialects, then you can go to Shona vs Cantonese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Shona and Cantonese Regulators

Shona and Cantonese speaking countries provide you Shona and Cantonese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. regulates Shona language.Cantonese is regulated by Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division. Also get to learn, Shona and Cantonese Language History.

Shona and Cantonese Continents

Thinking about Shona and Cantonese continents in which Shona and Cantonese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Shona and Cantonese. Most of the Shona speaking countries lie in Africa. While Cantonese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Shona and Cantonese languages:

Shona 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.

Cantonese Interesting Facts:

  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.

The Shona language was derived from and is similar to Kalanga and Nambya Language whereas Shona language is similar to Chinese Language and derived from .