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Shona

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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
United States of America

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
North America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
  • Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Apache Language

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3736
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

512
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4634
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

42
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Yá'át'ééh

Thank You

Waita zvako
Ahéhee'

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'

Good Evening

Manheru
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Yá'át'ééh

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Yá'át'ééh abíní

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
T'aa shoodi

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Nízhdził

Bye

bye
Hágoónee’

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Ayóó ánííníshí

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Shoohá

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Navajo1

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Arizona

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Navajo2

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
New Mexico

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.00170,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Navajo3

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Utah

How Many People Speak

16.00120,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

44
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million1.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million1.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million0.17 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Navaho

French Name

shona
navaho

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Navajo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Navajo people

History

Origin

20th century
1500 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Athapascan

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Navajo

Language Position

10729
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Navajo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
nv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
nav

ISO 639 2/B

sna
nav

ISO 639 3

sna
nav

ISO 639 6

sna
nav

Glottocode

core1255
nava1243

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic

Shona and Navajo Alphabets

Shona and Navajo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Navajo. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Navajo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Shona and Navajo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Navajo languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Navajo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Navajo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Shona and Navajo 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 Navajo dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Navajo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Navajo Dialects are spoken in different Navajo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Navajo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Navajo dialects include: Navajo1 , Navajo2. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Shona and Navajo Speaking population

Shona and Navajo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Navajo languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Navajo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Navajo 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 Navajo on Shona vs Navajo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Navajo Language Codes

Shona and Navajo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Navajo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.