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Shona
Shona

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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

13
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

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Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Armenian

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3724
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

57
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4617
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, 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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Waita zvako
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Manheru
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Mangwanani
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Ndineurombo
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

bye
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Greece

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Griko

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Italy

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Mariupol

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

16.0013,000,000.00
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 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

shona
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

20th century
1500 BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Hellenic

Branch

Bantu
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Modern Greek

Language Position

10774
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
ell

ISO 639 2/B

sna
gre

ISO 639 3

sna
ell

ISO 639 6

sna
ells

Glottocode

core1255
gree1276

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
56-AAA-a

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 Greek Alphabets

Shona and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Greek. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Shona and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Greek Speaking population

Shona and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Shona vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Greek Language Codes

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