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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu

Total No. Of Countries

132
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
France

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Africa, Canada

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam

Regulated By

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Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française

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.
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Italian Language

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4620
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
bonjour

Thank You

Waita zvako
Merci

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Comment allez-vous?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
bonne Nuit

Good Evening

Manheru
bonsoir

Good Afternoon

Masikati
bon Après-Midi

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Bonjour

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
S'il vous plaît

Sorry

Ndineurombo
désolé

Bye

bye
au revoir

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Je t'aime

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Excuse Moi

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Quebec French

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.006,200,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
African French

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Africa

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.00274,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Swiss French

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Northeast France, Switzerland

How Many People Speak

16.001,800,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million163.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %1.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million76.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million87.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
français

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Français

French Name

shona
français

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Französisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]

Ethnicity

Shona people
French people

History

Origin

20th century
9th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old French, Middle French and French

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Standard French

Language Position

10713
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
fr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
fra

ISO 639 2/B

sna
fre

ISO 639 3

sna
fra

ISO 639 6

sna
fras

Glottocode

core1255
stan1290

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
51-AAA-i

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Shona and French Alphabets

Shona and French Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and French. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in French Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Shona and French languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and French 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 French greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and French are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and French Speaking population

Shona and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and French languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Shona vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and French Language Codes

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