Countries
Zimbabwe
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
-
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
hallo
Thank You
Waita zvako
takk
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
god natt
Good Evening
Manheru
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Masikati
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Mangwanani
god morgen
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Vær så snill
Sorry
Ndineurombo
unnskyld
Bye
bye
ha det
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Sognamål
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Sogn
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
16.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
419
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Norsk
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Norsk
French Name
shona
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Shona people
Norwegians
Origin
20th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
10718
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
no
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
nor
ISO 639 2/B
sna
nor
ISO 639 3
sna
nor
ISO 639 6
sna
nor
Glottocode
core1255
norw1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional