Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
France
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
au revoir
  
bye
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
African French
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
français
  
shona
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
French and Shona Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where French and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Shona language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common French Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Shona Difficulty
The French vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of French Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare French and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.