Shona and Estonian
Countries
Zimbabwe
Estonia, European Union
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Georgia, South Estonia
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Idamurre
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Eesti keel
French Name
shona
estonien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Estnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Estonians
Origin
20th century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Estonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
esto1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Shona and Estonian 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 Estonian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Estonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Estonian Dialects are spoken in different Estonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Estonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre , Tartu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Estonian Speaking population
Shona and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available. 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 Estonian on Shona vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Estonian Language Codes
Shona and Estonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Estonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.