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Shona and Czech


Czech and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Czech Republic, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Czech-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
32  
21

How Many Consonants
46  
34
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Chod  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Chodsko, Bohemia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Lach  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
10,500,000.00  
36

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Moravian  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
108,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.15 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
10.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
107  
99+
73  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Czech Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Shona and Czech Speaking population

Shona and Czech speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Czech languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Czech Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Czech language is 0.15 %. 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 Czech on Shona vs Czech where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Czech Language Codes

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

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