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Armenian and Shona


Shona and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
32   
22
46   
34

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
Mangwanani   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
bye   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
arménien   
shona   

German Name
Armenisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
sna   

ISO 639 3
hye   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
core1255   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Armenian and Shona Speaking population

Armenian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is Not Available 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 Armenian and Shona on Armenian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Shona Language Codes

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

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