Countries
Zimbabwe
Macedonia
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
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
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)
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
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Galičnik
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Macedonia
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
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Shona and Macedonian 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 Macedonian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Macedonian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Macedonian Dialects are spoken in different Macedonian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Macedonian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Macedonian dialects include: Torlakian , Debar. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Macedonian Speaking population
Shona and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Shona vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Macedonian Language Codes
Shona and Macedonian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Macedonian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.