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Countries

Countries

Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts

  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  • 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.

Similar To

Czech Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

4637
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

155
0 32
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How Many Consonants

3846
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

64
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Ahoj
Mhoro

Thank You

Ďakujem vám
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Ako sa máte?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Dobrú noc
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Dobrý večer
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Dobré popoludnie
Masikati

Good Morning

Dobré ráno
Mangwanani

Please

Prosím
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Pardón!
Ndineurombo

Bye

Dovidenia
bye

I Love You

Ľúbim Ťa
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Prepáčte!
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Eastern Slovak
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Slovak
Karanga

Where They Speak

Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Western Slovak
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

5,500,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

44
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

5.20 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.14 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

5.20 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

6.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

slovenčina
chiShona

Alternative Names

Slovakian, Slovencina
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

slovaque
shona

German Name

Slowakisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Slovaks
Shona people

History

Origin

6th Century
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Slavic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Western
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Slavic
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Slovak
Standard Shona

Language Position

27107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Slovak Sign Language
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sk
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

slk
sna

ISO 639 2/B

slo
sna

ISO 639 3

slk
sna

ISO 639 6

slk
sna

Glottocode

slov1269
core1255

Linguasphere

53-AAA-db
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Slovak and Shona Alphabets

Slovak and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Slovak and Shona. In Slovak Alphabets there are 46 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Slovak and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Slovak and Shona languages. The Slovak phonology consist Slovak vowels and Slovak consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Slovak greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Slovak and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Slovak and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Slovak and Shona Speaking population

Slovak and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Shona on Slovak vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Shona Language Codes

Slovak and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.