Finnish and Shona Speaking countries
Countries
European Union, Finland
Zimbabwe
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Estonia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
- 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Finnish and Shona as Minority Language
In Finnish and Shona speaking countries you will get the countries which have Finnish and Shona as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.
- Finnish as minority language: Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden.
- Shona as minority language: Not spoken in any of the countries.
If you want to compare Finnish and Shona dialects, then you can go to Finnish vs Shona Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.
Finnish and Shona Regulators
Finnish and Shona speaking countries provide you Finnish and Shona regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Institute for the Languages of Finland regulates Finnish language.Shona is not regulated. Also get to learn, Finnish and Shona Language History.
Finnish and Shona Continents
Thinking about Finnish and Shona continents in which Finnish and Shona speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Finnish and Shona. Most of the Finnish speaking countries lie in Asia, Europe. While Shona speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Finnish and Shona languages:
Finnish Interesting Facts:
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
Shona Interesting Facts:
- 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.
The Finnish language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Estonian and Livonian Languages whereas Finnish language is similar to Kalanga and Nambya Language and derived from Not Available.