Countries
Zimbabwe
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Welsh Language Commissioner
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 Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3729
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4621
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Helô
Thank You
Waita zvako
Diolch
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Nos da
Good Evening
Manheru
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
Masikati
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Bore da
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
bye
Hwyl
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Argentina
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Powys
How Many People Speak
16.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Cymraeg
French Name
shona
gallois
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Welsh people
Origin
20th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Celtic
Branch
Bantu
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Welsh
Language Position
10731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
cym
ISO 639 2/B
sna
wel
ISO 639 3
sna
cym
ISO 639 6
sna
cym
Glottocode
core1255
wels1247
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional