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Shona and Macedonian


Macedonian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Romania, Serbia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"  

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
26  
16

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Добар ден (Dobar den)  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
жал (žal)  

Bye
bye  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Debar  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Macedonia  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
shona  
macédonien  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
20th century  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
mac  

ISO 639 3
sna  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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

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Shona and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Shona and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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