Shona and Norwegian
Countries
Zimbabwe
Norway
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Norway
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Not Available
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
takk
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
god natt
Good Evening
Manheru
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Masikati
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
Mangwanani
god morgen
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Vær så snill
Sorry
Ndineurombo
unnskyld
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Sognamål
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Sogn
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Norsk
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Norsk
French Name
shona
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Not Available
Norwegians
Origin
20th century
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Branch
Bantu
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Not Available
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
norw1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
All Shona and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Norwegian Speaking population
Shona and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian on Shona vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Norwegian Language Codes
Shona and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
