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Welsh and Shona


Shona and Welsh


Countries

Countries
Wales  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Wales  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
  • Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
  • 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
English Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
British Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Helô  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Diolch  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Nos da  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Noswaith dda  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
P'nawn da  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Bore da  
Mangwanani  

Please
os gwelwch yn dda  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Hwyl  
bye  

I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Argentina  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
38,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Gwynedd  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Powys  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
700,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.70 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg  
chiShona  

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

French Name
gallois  
shona  

German Name
Kymrisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Welsh people  
Shona people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Brythonic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Welsh  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
31  
29
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
cy  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cym  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
wel  
sna  

ISO 639 3
cym  
sna  

ISO 639 6
cym  
sna  

Glottocode
wels1247  
core1255  

Linguasphere
50-ABA  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Welsh and Shona Speaking population

Welsh and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Welsh and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Welsh and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Welsh language is 0.24 % 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 Welsh and Shona on Welsh vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Welsh and Shona Language Codes

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

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