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Shona
Shona

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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City

Total No. Of Countries

17
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia

Regulated By

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Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)

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.
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
French and Portuguese Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3721
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4616
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
ciao

Thank You

Waita zvako
grazie

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Come stai?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
buonanotte

Good Evening

Manheru
buonasera

Good Afternoon

Masikati
buon pomeriggio

Good Morning

Mangwanani
buongiorno

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Per Favore

Sorry

Ndineurombo
scusate

Bye

bye
arrivederci

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Ti amo

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Scusami

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Romanesco

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Lazio

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.003,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Central Italian

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Tuscan

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria

How Many People Speak

16.0069,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

415
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million64.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Italiano

Alternative Names

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

French Name

shona
italien

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Italienisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[itaˈljaːno]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Italians

History

Origin

20th century
960 BC

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
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Italian

Language Position

10727
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
it

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
ita

ISO 639 2/B

sna
ita

ISO 639 3

sna
ita

ISO 639 6

sna
itas

Glottocode

core1255
ital1282

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
51-AAA-q

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 Italian Alphabets

Shona and Italian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Italian. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Italian Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Shona and Italian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Italian 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 Italian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Italian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Italian Speaking population

Shona and Italian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Italian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Italian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Italian language is 0.90 %. 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 Italian on Shona vs Italian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Italian Language Codes

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