Countries
Zimbabwe
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3731
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4620
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
alo
Thank You
Waita zvako
multumesc
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
noapte Buna
Good Evening
Manheru
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
Masikati
buna Ziua
Good Morning
Mangwanani
bună Dimineața
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Vă Rog
Sorry
Ndineurombo
scuze
Bye
bye
La revedere
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Croatia
How Many People Speak
16.001,400.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
410
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Română
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
shona
roumain; moldave
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Romanians
Origin
20th century
1521
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Romanian
Language Position
10736
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
ron
ISO 639 2/B
sna
rum
ISO 639 3
sna
ron
ISO 639 6
sna
ron
Glottocode
core1255
roma1327
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic