Countries
Zimbabwe
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4624
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Sveiki
Thank You
Waita zvako
Paldies
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
Manheru
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Labdien
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Labrīt
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
lūdzu
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Piedodiet!
Bye
bye
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Livonian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Latvia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
High Latvian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
16.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Lettish
French Name
shona
letton
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
20th century
1530
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Baltic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Latvian
Language Position
1079
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
lav
ISO 639 2/B
sna
lav
ISO 639 3
sna
lav
ISO 639 6
sna
lav
Glottocode
core1255
latv1249
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic