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
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
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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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
أحبك
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Karanga
Where They Speak
Sudan
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Levantine
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
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Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Arabisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
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Ethnicity
Arabs
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Origin
512 CE
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
North Arabic
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
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Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
core1255
Linguasphere
12-AAC
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.