Countries
Zimbabwe
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
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Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3725
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
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
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Halo
Thank You
Waita zvako
Hvala
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Manheru
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Dober dan
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Dobro jutro
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Prosim
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Oprostite
Bye
bye
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Resian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Styrian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
16.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
448
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
shona
slovène
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Slovenes
Origin
20th century
972-1093
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Slovene
Language Position
10728
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
slv
ISO 639 2/B
sna
slv
ISO 639 3
sna
slv
ISO 639 6
sna
slv
Glottocode
core1255
slov1268
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional