Countries
Zimbabwe
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Ħello
Thank You
Waita zvako
Grazzi
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kif int?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
Manheru
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Mangwanani
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Skużani!
Bye
bye
Ċaw
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Qormi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Malta
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Żejtun
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Malta
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Not Present
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
-
How Many People Speak
16.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Malti
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Malti
French Name
shona
maltais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Maltese
Origin
20th century
c. 1470
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Maltese
Language Position
10725
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mlt
ISO 639 3
sna
mlt
ISO 639 6
sna
mlt
Glottocode
core1255
malt1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic