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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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