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Shona
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara

Total No. Of Countries

146
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Spain

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom

Regulated By

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Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4622
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
hola

Thank You

Waita zvako
Gracias

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Cómo estás?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
Buenas Noches

Good Evening

Manheru
Bonne soirée

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Buenas Tardes

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Buenos Días

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
Por Favor

Sorry

Ndineurombo
triste

Bye

bye
adiós

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Te Quiero

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Discúlpeme

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Mexican Spanish

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Mexico

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00105,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Cuban Spanish

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Cuba

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0011,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Puerto Rican Spanish

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Puerto Rico

How Many People Speak

16.003,900,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

421
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million489.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %6.15 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million410.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million89.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Español

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Castellano, Castilian, Español

French Name

shona
espagnol; castillan

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Spanisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Spanish people

History

Origin

20th century
210 BC

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
Old Spanish and Spanish

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Pluricentric Standard Spanish

Language Position

1072
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Spanish

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
es

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
spa

ISO 639 2/B

sna
spa

ISO 639 3

sna
spa

ISO 639 6

sna
spa

Glottocode

core1255
stan1288

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
51-AAA-b

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Fusional, Synthetic

Shona and Spanish Alphabets

Shona and Spanish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Spanish. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Shona and Spanish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Spanish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Spanish Speaking population

Shona and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Shona vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Spanish Language Codes

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