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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
11
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Dutch Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
NA32
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
515
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4617
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
43
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
NA24 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
hallo
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
Dankie
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Hoe gaan dit
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
goeie nag
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Goeienaand
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Goeie middag
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
goeie more
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
asseblief
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
jammer
3.10 Bye
bye
Not Available
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ek het jou lief
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Verskoon my
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kaapse Afrikaans
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Not Available
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Oranjeriverafrikaans
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Not Available
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Baster Afrikaans
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Namibia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
43
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million19.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.13 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million7.10 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA10.30 million
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Afrikaans
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Cape Dutch
5.3.4 French Name
shona
afrikaans
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Afrikaans
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Afrikaners
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
17th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Western
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard Afrikaans
6.3.3 Language Position
107NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
af
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
afr
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
afr
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
afr
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
afri1274
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ACB-ba
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Shona and Afrikaans Alphabets

Shona and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Afrikaans. In Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Shona and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Afrikaans languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

All Shona and Afrikaans 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 Shona and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Shona and Afrikaans Speaking population

Shona and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Shona and Afrikaans on Shona vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Afrikaans Language Codes

Shona and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.