Countries
Zimbabwe
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Tere
Thank You
Waita zvako
aitäh
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Head ööd
Good Evening
Manheru
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Tere hommikust
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Palun
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Vabandust
Bye
bye
Head aega
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Tartu
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Idamurre
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
16.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Eesti keel
French Name
shona
estonien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Estonians
Origin
20th century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Bantu
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Estonian
Language Position
10722
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
est
ISO 639 2/B
sna
est
ISO 639 3
sna
est
ISO 639 6
sna
est
Glottocode
core1255
esto1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative