Countries
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia
Regulated By
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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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Somali Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3734
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
akkam
Thank You
Waita zvako
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Manheru
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Maaloo
Sorry
Ndineurombo
naa dhiisi
Bye
bye
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Borana
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Orma
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Wata
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kenya
How Many People Speak
16.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
417
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
shona
galla
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Oromos
Origin
20th century
16
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
10791
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
orm
ISO 639 2/B
sna
orm
ISO 639 3
sna
orm
ISO 639 6
sna
orm
Glottocode
core1255
nucl1736
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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