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Shona and Finnish


Finnish and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
46  
34
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Moi  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
haluta  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Anteeksi  

Bye
bye  
Heippa  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
Not Available  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Suomi  

French Name
shona  
finnois  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
20th century  
1543  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Bantu  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
standard Finnish  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
fin  

ISO 639 3
sna  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Shona and Finnish Speaking population

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

Shona and Finnish Language Codes

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

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