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Cantonese and Shona


Shona and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
46   
34

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Mhoro   

Thank You
谢谢   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
晚安   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Masikati   

Good Morning
早上好   
Mangwanani   

Please
请   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
遗憾   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
再见   
bye   

I Love You
我爱你   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
Not Available   
shona   

German Name
Not Available   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
17th century   
20th century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sna   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Shona Speaking population

Cantonese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Shona on Cantonese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Shona Language Codes

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

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