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Turkish and Shona


Shona and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Mhoro  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Masikati  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Mangwanani  

Please
lütfen  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
bye  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Türkçe  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
turc  
shona  

German Name
Türkisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Shona people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
19  
17
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
sna  

ISO 639 3
tur  
sna  

ISO 639 6
tur  
sna  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
core1255  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Turkish and Shona Speaking population

Turkish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % 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 Turkish and Shona on Turkish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Shona Language Codes

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

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