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Shona and Uzbek


Uzbek and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
46  
34
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Salom  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Iltimos  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Kechiring!  

Bye
bye  
Xayr  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
-  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
-  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
chiShona  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
shona  
ouszbek  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
20th century  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Uzbek  

Language Position
107  
99+
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
sna  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
sna  
uzb  

Glottocode
core1255  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Shona and Uzbek Speaking population

Shona and Uzbek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Uzbek languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Uzbek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 %. 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 Uzbek on Shona vs Uzbek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Uzbek Language Codes

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

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