Countries
Zimbabwe
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3738
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4632
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
412
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Manheru
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
bye
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
-
How Many People Speak
16.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
shona
arménien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Armenians
Origin
20th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
10714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
hye
ISO 639 2/B
sna
arm
ISO 639 3
sna
hye
ISO 639 6
sna
hye
Glottocode
core1255
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic