Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
France, Spain
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
- 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
Spanish
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kaixo
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Gabon
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Egun on
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Mesedez
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Barkatu
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Agur
  
bye
  
I Love You
Maite zaitut
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Barkatu
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Souletin
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Biscayan
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.20 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not available
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
basque
  
shona
  
German Name
Baskisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Basque people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
c. 1000
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Vasconic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Basque
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
eu
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eus
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
baq
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
eus
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
basq1248
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
40-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
  
Not Available
  
All Basque 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 Basque and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Basque and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Basque are spoken in different Basque Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Basque vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian, Souletin. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Basque and Shona Speaking population
Basque and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Basque and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Basque and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Basque 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 Basque and Shona on Basque vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Basque and Shona Language Codes
Basque and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Basque and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.