Countries
Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Zambia
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Zulu language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3731
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4618
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Moni
Thank You
Waita zvako
Zikomo
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Manheru
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Mangwanani
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Chonde
Sorry
Ndineurombo
pepani
Bye
bye
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Pepani
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
16.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
shona
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Chewa people
Origin
20th century
15th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
Branch
Bantu
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Chewa
Language Position
10727
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
nya
ISO 639 2/B
sna
nya
ISO 639 3
sna
nya
ISO 639 6
sna
nya
Glottocode
core1255
nyan1308
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-