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Arabic and Shona


Shona and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
1   
14

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
46   
34

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Mhoro   

Thank You
شكرا   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Masikati   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Mangwanani   

Please
من فضلك   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
آسف   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
وداعا   
bye   

I Love You
أحبك   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
arabe   
shona   

German Name
Arabisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
512 CE   
20th century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
North Arabic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Position
25   
21
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
sna   

ISO 639 3
ara   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
core1255   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Arabic and Shona Speaking population

Arabic and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Shona on Arabic vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Shona Language Codes

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

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