Countries
Zimbabwe
  
East Asia, European Union, South America
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
East Asia, European Union
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akademio de Esperanto
  
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.
  
- The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Dankon
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kiel vi sanas?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Bonan nokton
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Bonan vesperon
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Bonan posttagmezon
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Bonan matenon
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Mi petas
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Mi bedaŭras!
  
Bye
bye
  
Ĝis poste
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Mi amas vin
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Pardonu!
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not present
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Not present
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Not present
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
2.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
0.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
Not Available
  
Esperanto
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
  
French Name
shona
  
espéranto
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Esperanto
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espeˈranto]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
1887
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Proto-Esperanto
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Esperanto
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signuno
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
eo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
epo
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
epo
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
epo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
espe1235
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
51-AAB-da
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Constructed
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Shona and Esperanto Speaking population
Shona and Esperanto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Esperanto languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Esperanto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Esperanto language is Not Available. 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 Esperanto on Shona vs Esperanto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Esperanto Language Codes
Shona and Esperanto language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Esperanto Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.