Countries
Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3746
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4638
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Ahoj
Thank You
Waita zvako
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Manheru
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Dobré ráno
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Prosím
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Pardón!
Bye
bye
Dovidenia
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
16.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
shona
slovaque
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Slovaks
Origin
20th century
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Branch
Bantu
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Slovak
Language Position
10727
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
slk
ISO 639 2/B
sna
slo
ISO 639 3
sna
slk
ISO 639 6
sna
slk
Glottocode
core1255
slov1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic