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Shona
Shona

Quechua
Quechua



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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
  • Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Aymara and Guarani Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3731
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4626
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Rimaykullayki

Thank You

Waita zvako
Solpayki

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Allillanchu

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
Allin tuta

Good Evening

Manheru
Wuynas nuchis

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Wuynas tardis

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Wuynus diyas

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
jamuspa

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Pampachaykuway

Bye

bye
bye

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Kuyayki

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Pampachaway

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Ancash

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Peru

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00920,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Huánuco

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Peru

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.00190,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Yaru

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Peru

How Many People Speak

16.00150,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

410
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million8.90 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million8.90 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Qhichwa

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
North La Paz Quechua

French Name

shona
quechua

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Quechua-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[ˈketʃwa]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Quechua

History

Origin

20th century
16th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Quechumaran Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Andean Equatorial

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Quechua

Language Position

10723
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Quechua

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
qu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
que

ISO 639 2/B

sna
que

ISO 639 3

sna
que

ISO 639 6

sna
que

Glottocode

core1255
quec1387

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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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Shona and Quechua Alphabets

Shona and Quechua Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Quechua. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Quechua Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Shona and Quechua languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Quechua 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 Quechua greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Quechua are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Quechua Speaking population

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

Shona and Quechua Language Codes

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