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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
331
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
26NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2146
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
74
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
Bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
I love you
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00NA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
1884
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 millionNA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
3107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Shona Alphabets

English and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in English and Shona. In English Alphabets there are 26 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn English and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of English and Shona languages. The English phonology consist English vowels and English consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at English greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether English and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

English and Shona Speaking population

English and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of English and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Shona on English vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Shona Language Codes

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