Shona and Finnish
Countries
Zimbabwe
European Union, Finland
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Estonia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Regulated By
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Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
Kiitos
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Mitä kuuluu?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
hyvää yötä
Good Evening
Manheru
Hyvää iltaa
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Hyvää iltapäivää
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Hyvää huomenta
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
haluta
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Anteeksi
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Minä rakastan sinua
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Anteeksi
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Colloquial Finnish
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Finland
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Finland, Rauma
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Meänkieli
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Finland, Sweden
Native Name
chiShona
suomi / suomen kieli
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Suomi
French Name
shona
finnois
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Finnisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈsuomi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
ethnic Finns
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Finno-Ugric
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Finnic language
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
standard Finnish
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Finnish
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
finn1318
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Shona and Finnish 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 Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Finnish Speaking population
Shona and Finnish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Finnish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Finnish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 %. 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 Finnish on Shona vs Finnish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Finnish Language Codes
Shona and Finnish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Finnish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.