Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2537
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2046
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
24
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Mhoro
Thank You
Hvala
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Dober večer
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Masikati
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Mangwanani
Please
Prosim
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndineurombo
Bye
Nasvidenje
bye
I Love You
Ljubim te
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
80,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Italy
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Styrian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Slovenia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
484
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
2.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
2.50 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Slovenščina
chiShona
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
slovène
shona
German Name
Slowenisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Shona people
Origin
972-1093
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Slovene
Standard Shona
Language Position
28107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
sna
ISO 639 2/B
slv
sna
ISO 639 3
slv
sna
ISO 639 6
slv
sna
Glottocode
slov1268
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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