Countries
Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4621
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Hello
Thank You
Waita zvako
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Manheru
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Masikati
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Fadlan
Sorry
Ndineurombo
sorry
Bye
bye
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Benaadir
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
16.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
shona
somali
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Somali
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Somalis
Origin
20th century
19th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Somali
Language Position
10783
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
som
ISO 639 2/B
sna
som
ISO 639 3
sna
som
ISO 639 6
sna
som
Glottocode
core1255
soma1255
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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