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Shona
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe

Total No. Of Countries

110
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Portugal

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America

Regulated By

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Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras

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.
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Spanish and Galician Languages

Derived From

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Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3723
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4619
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Olá

Thank You

Waita zvako
obrigado

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Como você está?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
boa noite

Good Evening

Manheru
boa Noite

Good Afternoon

Masikati
boa Tarde

Good Morning

Mangwanani
bom Dia

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Por Favor

Sorry

Ndineurombo
pesaroso

Bye

bye
tchau

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Eu te amo

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
desculpe me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Brazilian Portuguese

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Brazil

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00204,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
European Portuguese

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Portugal

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Daman and Diu

How Many People Speak

16.004,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

426
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million231.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %3.27 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million216.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million15.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Português

Alternative Names

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

French Name

shona
portugais

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Portugiesisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Portuguese people or portugueses

History

Origin

20th century
3rd Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Romance

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Medieval Galician

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Portuguese

Language Position

1076
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Portuguese

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
pt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
por

ISO 639 2/B

sna
por

ISO 639 3

sna
por

ISO 639 6

sna
por

Glottocode

core1255
port1283

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
51-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Shona and Portuguese Alphabets

Shona and Portuguese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Portuguese. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Portuguese Alphabets there are 23 letters. To learn Shona and Portuguese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Portuguese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Portuguese Speaking population

Shona and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Shona vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Portuguese Language Codes

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