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Shona
Shona

Catalan
Catalan



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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4623
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

45
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Hola

Thank You

Waita zvako
Gràcies

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Com estàs?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
Bona nit

Good Evening

Manheru
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Bona tarda

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Bon dia

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Sisplau

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Perdó!

Bye

bye
Adéu

I Love You

Ndinokuda
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Caló

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Valencian

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Spain

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Spain

How Many People Speak

16.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

48
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
català

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

shona
catalan; valencien

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Shona people
Catalan people

History

Origin

20th century
c. 1028

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

10732
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
cat

ISO 639 2/B

sna
cat

ISO 639 3

sna
cat

ISO 639 6

sna
cat

Glottocode

core1255
stan1289

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Shona and Catalan Alphabets

Shona and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Catalan. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Shona and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Catalan languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Catalan Speaking population

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

Shona and Catalan Language Codes

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