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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
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1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
33
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Latin
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
26
Rank: 8 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
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5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
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46
Rank: 34 (Overall)
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
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4
Rank: 3 (Overall)
7
Rank: 6 (Overall)
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
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Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
6 weeks
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
Thank you
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Good Morning
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Please
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
Sorry
3.10 Bye
bye
Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
I love you
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
American English
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
225,000,000.00
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Hiberno-English
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
About Chinese L..
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
4,500,000.00
Rank: 15 (Overall)
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4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Welsh English
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
2,500,000.00
Rank: 14 (Overall)
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
About English L..
4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
188
Rank: 34 (Overall)
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
About English L..
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall)
1,200.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.2 Speaking Population
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0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall)
5.43 %
Rank: 4 (Overall)
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5.3 Native Speakers
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8.30 million
Rank: 51 (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
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Rank: N/A (Overall)
400.00 million
Rank: 1 (Overall)
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5.3.2 Native Name
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English
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
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5.3.4 French Name
shona
anglais
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Englisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
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Rank: 67 (Overall)
3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
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Signed English
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
en
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
eng
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
eng
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
eng
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
stan1293
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ABA
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Shona and English Alphabets

Shona and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and English. In Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Shona and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and English 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 English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and English are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and English Speaking population

Shona and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and English languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Shona vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and English Language Codes

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

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