Countries
Zimbabwe
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Silaw
Thank You
Waita zvako
Sipas
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Manheru
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Bayanit bash
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Bibûre
Bye
bye
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
16.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
shona
kurde
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Kurds
Origin
20th century
16th century CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Kurdish
Language Position
10714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
kur
ISO 639 2/B
sna
kur
ISO 639 3
sna
kur
ISO 639 6
sna
kur
Glottocode
core1255
kurd1259
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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