Countries
Zimbabwe
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Portuguese Language
Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3723
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4619
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks28 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Ola
Thank You
Waita zvako
Grazas
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Boas noites
Good Evening
Manheru
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Boa tarde
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Bos días
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Por favor
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Síntoo!
Bye
bye
Adeus
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ámote
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Central Galician
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Western Galician
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
16.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Galego
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Galego, Gallego
French Name
shona
galicien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Galician people
Origin
20th century
c. 1175
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Galician
Language Position
10746
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
glg
ISO 639 2/B
sna
glg
ISO 639 3
sna
glg
ISO 639 6
sna
glg
Glottocode
core1255
gali1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-