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Shona and English


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
1   
14

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   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Thank you   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Mangwanani   

Please
Please   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Sorry   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Bye   
bye   

I Love You
I love you   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Not Available   

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

French Name
anglais   
shona   

German Name
Englisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Not Available   

Language Position
3   
3
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
sna   

ISO 639 3
eng   
sna   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
core1255   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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