Countries
Zimbabwe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Selam
Thank You
Waita zvako
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Manheru
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Masikati
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Mangwanani
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
i'bakwon
Sorry
Ndineurombo
aznallehu
Bye
bye
tschao
I Love You
Ndinokuda
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Gondar
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Gondar
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Gojjami
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Showa
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
16.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million18.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
shona
amharique
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Amharas
Origin
20th century
13th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Amharic
Language Position
10755
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
amh
ISO 639 2/B
sna
amh
ISO 639 3
sna
amh
ISO 639 6
sna
amh
Glottocode
core1255
amha1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional