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Shona
Shona

Polish
Polish



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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
European Union, Poland

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Poland

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine

Speaking Continents

Africa
Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine

Regulated By

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Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)

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.
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3732
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4623
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

43
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
cześć

Thank You

Waita zvako
dziękuję

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Jak się masz?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
dobranoc

Good Evening

Manheru
dobry wieczór

Good Afternoon

Masikati
dzień dobry

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Dzień dobry

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
proszę

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Przepraszam

Bye

bye
do widzenia

I Love You

Ndinokuda
kocham Cię

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
przepraszam

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Kashubian

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Poland

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00108,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Masovian

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Poland

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0045,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Silesian

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Czech Republic, Poland

How Many People Speak

16.00510,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

434
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million40.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.61 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million40.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million40.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Polski

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Polnisch, Polski

French Name

shona
polonais

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Polnisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[ˈpɔlski]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Poles

History

Origin

20th century
1270

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Slavic

Branch

Bantu
Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Polish and Middle Polish

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Polish

Language Position

10724
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
pl

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
pol

ISO 639 2/B

sna
pol

ISO 639 3

sna
pol

ISO 639 6

sna
pols

Glottocode

core1255
poli1260

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
53-AAA-cc

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Shona and Polish Alphabets

Shona and Polish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Polish. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Polish Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Shona and Polish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Polish 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 Polish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Polish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Polish Speaking population

Shona and Polish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Polish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Polish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Polish language is 0.61 %. 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 Polish on Shona vs Polish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Polish Language Codes

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