Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3724
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4617
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Manheru
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
16.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
shona
kazakh
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Kazahks
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Kazakh
Language Position
10793
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
sna
kaz
ISO 639 3
sna
kaz
ISO 639 6
sna
kaz
Glottocode
core1255
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative