Countries
Zimbabwe
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3731
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4626
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Manheru
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
жал (žal)
Bye
bye
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Debar
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Galičnik
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
16.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
shona
macédonien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Macedonians
Origin
20th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Macedonian
Language Position
10745
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mac
ISO 639 3
sna
mkd
ISO 639 6
sna
mkd
Glottocode
core1255
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic