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Countries

Countries

European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

41
0 46
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National Language

Sweden
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Antartica, Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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Interesting Facts

  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  • 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

Norwegian and Danish Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Old Norse Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2937
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1846
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

hej
Mhoro

Thank You

tacka dig
Waita zvako

How Are You?

hur mår du
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

godnatt
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

god kväll
Manheru

Good Afternoon

god eftermiddag
Masikati

Good Morning

god morgon
Mangwanani

Please

vänligen
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

ledsen
Ndineurombo

Bye

hej då
bye

I Love You

jag älskar dig
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

ursäkta mig
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Dialects
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Gabon
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Dialects
Karanga

Where They Speak

Georgia
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

78,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Dialects
Zezuru

Where They Speak

France
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

96,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

794
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

15.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Svenska
chiShona

Alternative Names

Ruotsi, Svenska
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

suédois
shona

German Name

Schwedisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Swedes, Finland Swedes
Shona people

History

Origin

13th Century
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Germanic
Benue-Congo

Branch

Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Swedish
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Standard Swedish
Standard Shona

Language Position

89107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sv
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swe
sna

ISO 639 2/B

swe
sna

ISO 639 3

swe
sna

ISO 639 6

swe
sna

Glottocode

swed1254
core1255

Linguasphere

52-AAA-ck to -cw
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Swedish and Shona Alphabets

Swedish and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swedish and Shona. In Swedish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Swedish and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swedish and Shona languages. The Swedish phonology consist Swedish vowels and Swedish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swedish greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swedish and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swedish and Shona Speaking population

Swedish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Shona on Swedish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Shona Language Codes

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