Countries
Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
شكرا
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Manheru
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Masikati
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Mangwanani
صباح الخير
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
من فضلك
I Love You
Ndinokuda
أحبك
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
اعذرني
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Karanga
Sudanese
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Levantine
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Arabs
Origin
20th century
512 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
North Arabic
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
arab1395
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Shona and Arabic Speaking population
Shona and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Shona vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Arabic Language Codes
Shona and Arabic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Arabic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.