Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Zimbabwe
National Language
Portugal
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
- 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
obrigado
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Como você está?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
boa noite
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
boa Noite
Manheru
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Masikati
Good Morning
bom Dia
Mangwanani
Please
Por Favor
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
pesaroso
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Eu te amo
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Brazil
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Karanga
Where They Speak
Portugal
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
Not Available
Alternative Names
Português
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
portugais
shona
German Name
Portugiesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Not Available
Origin
3rd Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
Not Available
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
port1283
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Portuguese and Shona Speaking population
Portuguese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Shona on Portuguese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Portuguese and Shona Language Codes
Portuguese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.