Countries
Zimbabwe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4616
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Hoy
Thank You
Waita zvako
Salamat
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
Manheru
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Maayong Buntag
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Palihug
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Ikasubo ko
Bye
bye
Babay
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Boholano
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bohol
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
North Kana
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
16.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.32 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.30 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Visayan
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
shona
cebuano
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Cebuano people
Origin
20th century
16th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
10762
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
sna
ceb
ISO 639 3
sna
ceb
ISO 639 6
sna
ceb
Glottocode
core1255
cebu1242
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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