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Shona and Georgian


Georgian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Georgia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Cabinet of Georgia   

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.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Anatolian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
46   
34
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Georgian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   

Good Evening
Manheru   
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
ბოდიში (bodishi)   

Bye
bye   
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Judaeo-Georgian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Kartlian   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Kartli   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Pshavian   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Pshavi   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
4.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
ქართული ენა   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   

French Name
shona   
géorgien   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Georgisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Georgians   

History

Origin
20th century   
5th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Kartvelian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Southern   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Modern Georgian   

Language Position
107   
99+
120   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ka   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
kat   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
geo   

ISO 639 3
sna   
kat   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
nucl1302   

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   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Shona and Georgian Speaking population

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

Shona and Georgian Language Codes

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

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