Norwegian and Shona
Countries
Norway
Zimbabwe
National Language
Norway
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Nynorsk
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
- 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
Swedish and Danish Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
takk
Waita zvako
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
god natt
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
god kveld
Manheru
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
Masikati
Good Morning
god morgen
Mangwanani
Please
Vær så snill
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
unnskyld
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sognamål
Karanga
Where They Speak
Sogn
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Norsk
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Alternative Names
Norsk
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
shona
German Name
Nynorsk
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
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Ethnicity
Norwegians
Not Available
Origin
c. 1300 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Not Available
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Not Available
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
norw1258
core1255
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Norwegian and Shona Speaking population
Norwegian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Shona on Norwegian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Norwegian and Shona Language Codes
Norwegian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.