Countries
Zimbabwe
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
shona
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
20th century
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Shona and Kazakh Speaking population
Shona and Kazakh speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Kazakh languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Kazakh Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kazakh language is 0.17 %. 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 Kazakh on Shona vs Kazakh where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Kazakh Language Codes
Shona and Kazakh language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Kazakh Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.