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Esperanto and Shona


Shona and Esperanto


Countries

Countries
East Asia, European Union, South America   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
1   
14

National Language
East Asia, European Union   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, South America   
Africa   

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

Regulated By
Akademio de Esperanto   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
  • 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
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
27   
17
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Dankon   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Kiel vi sanas?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Bonan nokton   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Bonan vesperon   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Bonan matenon   
Mangwanani   

Please
Mi petas   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Mi bedaŭras!   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Ĝis poste   
bye   

I Love You
Mi amas vin   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Pardonu!   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Not present   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Not present   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Not present   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.20 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
Esperanto   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
espéranto   
shona   

German Name
Esperanto   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espeˈranto]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1887   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Esperanto   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Esperanto   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signuno   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
eo   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
epo   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
epo   
sna   

ISO 639 3
epo   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
espe1235   
core1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAB-da   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Constructed   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Esperanto and Shona Speaking population

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

Esperanto and Shona Language Codes

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

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