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Uzbek and Shona


Shona and Uzbek


Countries

Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
  • 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
46  
34

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Salom  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Rakhmat  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Qalay siz?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Hayirli tun  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Hayirli kech  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Hayirli tong  
Mangwanani  

Please
Iltimos  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Kechiring!  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Xayr  
bye  

I Love You
Sizni sevaman  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tashkent  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
-  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
23
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Afghan  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
-  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
21
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ferghana  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
-  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
32,000,000.00  
18
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.39 %  
36
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
26.00 million  
31
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
32.00 million  
25
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
ouszbek  
shona  

German Name
Usbekisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[oʻzbek]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Uzbek  
Shona people  

History

Origin
9th–12th centuries AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Chagatay  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Uzbek  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
53  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Uzbek  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
uz  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
uzb  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
uzb  
sna  

ISO 639 3
uzb  
sna  

ISO 639 6
uzb  
sna  

Glottocode
uzbe1247  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Uzbek and Shona Speaking population

Uzbek and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % 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 Uzbek and Shona on Uzbek vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Uzbek and Shona Language Codes

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

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