Countries
Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Czech Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Czech Language
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.
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3742
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
532
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4632
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
ahoj
Thank You
Waita zvako
děkuji
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Jak se máš?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
dobrou noc
Good Evening
Manheru
dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Masikati
dobré odpoledne
Good Morning
Mangwanani
dobré ráno
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
prosím
Sorry
Ndineurombo
litovat
Bye
bye
sbohem
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Miluji tě
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
promiňte
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Chod
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Chodsko, Bohemia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Lach
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0010,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Moravian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
How Many People Speak
16.00108,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
413
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
čeština / český jazyk
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bohemian, Cestina
French Name
shona
tchèque
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Tschechisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈtʃɛʃkɪ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Czechs
Origin
20th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Czech
Language Position
10773
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Czech Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
cs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
ces
ISO 639 2/B
sna
cze
ISO 639 3
sna
ces
ISO 639 6
sna
ces
Glottocode
core1255
czec1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic