Countries
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
متشکرم
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Manheru
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Masikati
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Mangwanani
صبح به خیر
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
لطفا
I Love You
Ndinokuda
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Karanga
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
chiShona
فارسی
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Persian people
Origin
20th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
fars1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Shona and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Persian Speaking population
Shona and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Shona vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Persian Language Codes
Shona and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.