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Shona and Cantonese


Cantonese and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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
Not Available  
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
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
Not Available  
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
46  
34
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
您好  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
晚安  

Good Evening
Manheru  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
下午好  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
早上好  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
请  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
遗憾  

Bye
bye  
再见  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Not Available  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
shona  
Not Available  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
20th century  
17th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

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  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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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.

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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.

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