Countries
Zimbabwe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
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Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3725
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4618
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Baybayin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Kamusta
Thank You
Waita zvako
Salamat po
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
Manheru
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Magandang umaga po
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
pakiusap
Sorry
Ndineurombo
pinagsisisihan
Bye
bye
Paálam
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Bisalog
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Filipino
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Philippines
How Many People Speak
16.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
shona
tagalog
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Tagalog people
Origin
20th century
1593
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Filipino
Language Position
10758
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Tagalog
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
sna
tgl
ISO 639 3
sna
tg1
ISO 639 6
sna
tgl
Glottocode
core1255
taga1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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