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Swedish and Shona


Shona and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

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
78,000,000.00  
9
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
France  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

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
89  
99+
107  
99+

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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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.

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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.

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