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Countries

Countries

Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

461
0 46
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National Language

Spain
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa

Minority Language

Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts

  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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

French Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2737
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2246
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

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

hola
Mhoro

Thank You

Gracias
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Cómo estás?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Buenas Noches
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Bonne soirée
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Buenas Tardes
Masikati

Good Morning

Buenos Días
Mangwanani

Please

Por Favor
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

triste
Ndineurombo

Bye

adiós
bye

I Love You

Te Quiero
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Discúlpeme
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Mexican Spanish
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Mexico
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

105,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Cuban Spanish
Karanga

Where They Speak

Cuba
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Puerto Rican Spanish
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Puerto Rico
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

3,900,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

214
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

489.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

6.15 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

410.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

89.50 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Español
chiShona

Alternative Names

Castellano, Castilian, Español
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

espagnol; castillan
shona

German Name

Spanisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Spanish people
Shona people

History

Origin

210 BC
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Shona

Language Position

2107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Spanish
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

es
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

spa
sna

ISO 639 2/B

spa
sna

ISO 639 3

spa
sna

ISO 639 6

spa
sna

Glottocode

stan1288
core1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-b
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish and Shona Alphabets

Spanish and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Spanish and Shona. In Spanish Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Spanish and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Spanish and Shona languages. The Spanish phonology consist Spanish vowels and Spanish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Spanish greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Spanish and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Spanish 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 Spanish and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Spanish and Shona Speaking population

Spanish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Shona on Spanish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Shona Language Codes

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