Countries
Zimbabwe
China
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
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Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3736
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4627
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
Waita zvako
rakhmat
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Manheru
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Masikati
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
birdam
Sorry
Ndineurombo
kachurung
Bye
bye
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Ndinokuda
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Turpan
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
China
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0010,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Hotan
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
China
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
China
How Many People Speak
16.0025,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
47
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million10.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
shona
ouïgour
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Uyghur
Origin
20th century
11
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Uyghur
Language Position
10798
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Uyghur
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sn
ug
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
uig
ISO 639 2/B
sna
uig
ISO 639 3
sna
uig
ISO 639 6
sna
uig
Glottocode
core1255
uigh1240
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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