Countries
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4632
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
sannu
Thank You
Waita zvako
gode ku
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
yaya dai
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Manheru
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Masikati
barka da rana
Good Morning
Mangwanani
mai kyau safe
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Don Allah
Sorry
Ndineurombo
yi hakuri
Bye
bye
sai anjima
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Ghana
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Daragaram
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Niger
How Many People Speak
16.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
shona
haoussa
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
20th century
14
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Chadic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Hausa
Language Position
10734
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
hau
ISO 639 2/B
sna
hau
ISO 639 3
sna
hau
ISO 639 6
sna
hau
Glottocode
core1255
haus1257
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional