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Shona
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America

Regulated By

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Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Norwegian and Swedish

Derived From

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Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3729
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

520
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Hallo

Thank You

Waita zvako
Mange tak

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Hvordan har du det?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
God nat

Good Evening

Manheru
God aften

Good Afternoon

Masikati
God eftermiddag

Good Morning

Mangwanani
God morgen

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Please

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Undskyld!

Bye

bye
Farvel

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Jeg elsker dig

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Undskyld mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Scanian

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Sweden

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Jutlandic

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Denmark

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.006,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Bornholmsk

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Island of Bornholm

How Many People Speak

16.006,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

44
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million5.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million5.50 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million6.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
dansk

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Dansk, Rigsdansk

French Name

shona
danois

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Dänisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Danish people or Danes

History

Origin

20th century
c. 1100 AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Rigsdansk

Language Position

10718
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Danish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
da

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
dan

ISO 639 2/B

sna
dan

ISO 639 3

sna
dan

ISO 639 6

sna
dan

Glottocode

core1255
dani1284

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional

Shona and Danish Alphabets

Shona and Danish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Danish. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Danish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Shona and Danish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Danish 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 Danish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Danish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Danish Speaking population

Shona and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Shona vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Danish Language Codes

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