Countries
Zimbabwe
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Regulated By
-
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3722
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
50
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4622
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Waita zvako
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Manheru
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Israel
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Israel
How Many People Speak
16.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
47
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
shona
hébreu
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
20th century
1000 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
10723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
heb
ISO 639 2/B
sna
heb
ISO 639 3
sna
heb
ISO 639 6
sna
heb
Glottocode
core1255
hebr1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic