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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
East Asia, European Union, South America

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
East Asia, European Union

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

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Akademio de Esperanto

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Latin and Italian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4627
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

42
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Halo

Thank You

Waita zvako
Dankon

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Kiel vi sanas?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
Bonan nokton

Good Evening

Manheru
Bonan vesperon

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Bonan posttagmezon

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Bonan matenon

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Mi petas

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Mi bedaŭras!

Bye

bye
Ĝis poste

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Mi amas vin

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Pardonu!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Not present

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Not present

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Not present

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Not present

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.001,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Not present

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Not present

How Many People Speak

16.002,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

40
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million2.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million0.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Esperanto

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia

French Name

shona
espéranto

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Esperanto

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[espeˈranto]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Esperanto speakers

History

Origin

20th century
1887

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
Proto-Esperanto

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Esperanto

Language Position

10733
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signuno

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
eo

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
epo

ISO 639 2/B

sna
epo

ISO 639 3

sna
epo

ISO 639 6

sna
epo

Glottocode

core1255
espe1235

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
51-AAB-da

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Constructed

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Shona and Esperanto Alphabets

Shona and Esperanto Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Esperanto. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Esperanto Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Shona and Esperanto languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Esperanto 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 Esperanto greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Esperanto are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Esperanto Speaking population

Shona and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is 0.03 %. 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 Esperanto on Shona vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Esperanto Language Codes

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