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
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Mexico
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Karanga
Where They Speak
Cuba
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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
Origin
210 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1288
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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