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
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
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
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.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
Thank you
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
How are you?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Good Night
Good Evening
Manheru
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Good Morning
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Please
I Love You
Ndinokuda
I love you
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Hwesa
American English
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
United States of America
Dialect 2
Karanga
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Welsh English
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
United Kingdom
Native Name
chiShona
English
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
English
French Name
shona
anglais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Shona people
English people
Origin
20th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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.