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Chinese and Shona


Shona and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
46   
34

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
Mangwanani   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
bye   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Wu   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Yue   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
chinois   
shona   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Han   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
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 Chinese   
Not Available   

Language Position
1   
1
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
sna   

ISO 639 3
zho   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
core1255   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Chinese and Shona Speaking population

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

Chinese and Shona Language Codes

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

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