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Shona
Shona

Swedish
Swedish



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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Sweden

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland

Speaking Continents

Africa
Antartica, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council

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.
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Norwegian and Danish Language

Derived From

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Old Norse Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3729
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4618
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
hej

Thank You

Waita zvako
tacka dig

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
hur mår du

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
godnatt

Good Evening

Manheru
god kväll

Good Afternoon

Masikati
god eftermiddag

Good Morning

Mangwanani
god morgon

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
vänligen

Sorry

Ndineurombo
ledsen

Bye

bye
hej då

I Love You

Ndinokuda
jag älskar dig

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
ursäkta mig

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Dialects

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Gabon

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Dialects

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Georgia

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0078,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Dialects

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
France

How Many People Speak

16.0096,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

479
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million5.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Svenska

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Ruotsi, Svenska

French Name

shona
suédois

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Schwedisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Swedes, Finland Swedes

History

Origin

20th century
13th Century

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Germanic

Branch

Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Swedish

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Standard Swedish

Language Position

10789
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
sv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
swe

ISO 639 2/B

sna
swe

ISO 639 3

sna
swe

ISO 639 6

sna
swe

Glottocode

core1255
swed1254

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
52-AAA-ck to -cw

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 Swedish Alphabets

Shona and Swedish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Swedish. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters. To learn Shona and Swedish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Swedish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Swedish Speaking population

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

Shona and Swedish Language Codes

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