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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Hong Kong, Macau
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
12
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China, Guangdong
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Chinese Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
NA28
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
58
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4620
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
410
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
NA88 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
您好
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
谢谢
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
你好吗?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
晚安
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
晚上好
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
下午好
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
早上好
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
遗憾
3.10 Bye
bye
再见
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
我爱你
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
原谅我
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
Guangzhou
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
outside mainland China
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Xiguan
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Hong Kong
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Hong Kong
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Hong Kong
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 million60.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.13 %16.00 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million52.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Kwang Tung Wa
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
5.3.4 French Name
shona
Not Available
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Not Available
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
17th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard Cantonese
6.3.3 Language Position
107NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
Not Available
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
Not Available
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
No data available
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
cant1236
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Shona and Cantonese Alphabets

Shona and Cantonese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Cantonese. In Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters while in Cantonese Alphabets there are 28 letters. To learn Shona and Cantonese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Cantonese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Cantonese Speaking population

Shona and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Shona vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Cantonese Language Codes

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