Finnish and Shona
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
Not Available
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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Kiitos
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
hyvää yötä
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
Masikati
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
Mangwanani
Please
haluta
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Anteeksi
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Finland
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
Not Available
Alternative Names
Suomi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
finnois
shona
German Name
Finnisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
Not Available
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
Not Available
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
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Standard Forms
standard Finnish
Not Available
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
finn1318
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Finnish 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 Finnish and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Finnish and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Finnish are spoken in different Finnish Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Finnish vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish, Rauma. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Finnish and Shona Speaking population
Finnish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Shona on Finnish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Finnish and Shona Language Codes
Finnish and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Finnish and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.