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
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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
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
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
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
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
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Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
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Standard Forms
Standard French
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Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
fras
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Glottocode
stan1290
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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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.
