Countries
Zimbabwe
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Waita zvako
Thank you
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
How are you?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Good Night
Good Evening
Manheru
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Good Morning
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Please
I Love You
Ndinokuda
I love you
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Hwesa
American English
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
United States of America
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Welsh English
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
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English
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
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French Name
shona
anglais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
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/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
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Origin
20th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
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Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
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Standard English
Signed Forms
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Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
core1255
stan1293
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Shona and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Shona and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and English language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs English Difficulty
The Shona vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Shona and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.