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Shona
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia

Regulated By

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Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)

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.
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
German and English Languages

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4621
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
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
dankjewel

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
hoe gaat het met je?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
goede Nacht

Good Evening

Manheru
goedenavond

Good Afternoon

Masikati
goedemiddag

Good Morning

Mangwanani
goedemorgen

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
alsjeblieft

Sorry

Ndineurombo
sorry

Bye

bye
vaarwel

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Ik hou van jou

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
pardon

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Gronings

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Netherlands

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00590,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Low Saxon

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.004,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Limburgian

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Belgium, Netherlands

How Many People Speak

16.001,300,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

47
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.32 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million22.00 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
Nederlands

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Hollands, Nederlands

French Name

shona
néerlandais; flamand

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Niederländisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Dutch people

History

Origin

20th century
AD 450-500

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Germanic

Branch

Bantu
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Standard Dutch

Language Position

10748
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
nl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
nld

ISO 639 2/B

sna
dut

ISO 639 3

sna
nld

ISO 639 6

sna
nld

Glottocode

core1255
mode1257

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
52-ACB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Historical

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Synthetic

Shona and Dutch Alphabets

Shona and Dutch Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Dutch. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Dutch Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Shona and Dutch languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Dutch are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Dutch Speaking population

Shona and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Shona vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Dutch Language Codes

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