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Yoruba and Shona


Shona and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nigeria  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Mhoro  

Thank You
e dupe  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Masikati  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Mangwanani  

Please
Jowo  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
binu  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Ede  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Yorùbá  
chiShona  

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

French Name
yoruba  
shona  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Shona people  

History

Origin
4 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Kwa  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
49  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
sna  

ISO 639 3
yor  
sna  

ISO 639 6
yor  
sna  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Yoruba and Shona Speaking population

Yoruba and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Shona on Yoruba vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Shona Language Codes

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

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