Countries
Countries
Zimbabwe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
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Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3727
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4623
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Mhoro
Hola
Thank You
Waita zvako
Gràcies
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Com estàs?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Bona nit
Good Evening
Manheru
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Bona tarda
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Bon dia
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Sisplau
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Perdó!
Bye
bye
Adéu
I Love You
Ndinokuda
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Dispensi!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Caló
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Valencian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Spain
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Spain
How Many People Speak
16.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
català
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
shona
catalan; valencien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Shona people
Catalan people
History
Origin
20th century
c. 1028
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
10732
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sn
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
cat
ISO 639 2/B
sna
cat
ISO 639 3
sna
cat
ISO 639 6
sna
cat
Glottocode
core1255
stan1289
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
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