Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
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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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Thank You
Waita zvako
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
Manheru
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
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中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
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French Name
shona
chinois
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Han
Origin
20th century
1250 BC
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 Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
core1255
sini1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Shona and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Chinese Speaking population
Shona and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Shona vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Chinese Language Codes
Shona and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.