Shona and Cantonese
Countries
Zimbabwe
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Hawaii
Regulated By
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Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Chinese Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
你好吗？
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
晚安
Good Afternoon
Masikati
下午好
Good Morning
Mangwanani
早上好
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
outside mainland China
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Hong Kong
Native Name
Not Available
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
shona
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German Name
Schona-Sprache
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Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Origin
20th century
17th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
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No early forms
Standard Forms
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Standard Cantonese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
sna
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
sna
Not Available
ISO 639 3
sna
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
core1255
cant1236
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.