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Shona and English


English and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
46   
34
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Hello   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Good Morning   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Please   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Sorry   

Bye
bye   
Bye   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
American English   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Not Available   
English   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Not Available   

French Name
shona   
anglais   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard English   

Language Position
107   
99+
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
eng   

ISO 639 3
sna   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
core1255   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Shona and English Speaking population

Shona and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and English languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Shona vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and English Language Codes

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

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