Countries
Zimbabwe
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3718
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4613
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Waita zvako
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
Manheru
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
le do thoil
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Tá brón orm
Bye
bye
Slán
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Connacht
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Munster
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ulster
How Many People Speak
16.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
shona
irlandais moyen
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Irish people
Origin
20th century
c. 750
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Bantu
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
10725
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
gle
ISO 639 2/B
sna
gle
ISO 639 3
sna
gle
ISO 639 6
sna
gle
Glottocode
core1255
iris1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional