Countries
Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3724
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4617
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Manheru
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
bye
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Greece
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Griko
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Mariupol
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
16.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
shona
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
20th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Hellenic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Greek
Language Position
10774
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
ell
ISO 639 2/B
sna
gre
ISO 639 3
sna
ell
ISO 639 6
sna
ells
Glottocode
core1255
gree1276
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic