Countries
Zimbabwe
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Macedonian language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4636
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
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
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Manheru
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Pirdop
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
16.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
458
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Balgarski
French Name
shona
bulgare
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Bulgarian people
Origin
20th century
9th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
10788
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
bul
ISO 639 2/B
sna
bul
ISO 639 3
sna
bul
ISO 639 6
sna
buls
Glottocode
core1255
bulg1262
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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