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Shona and Norwegian


Norwegian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
46   
34
20   
10

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   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
hallo   

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   

Bye
bye   
ha det   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

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   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   

Branch
Bantu   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
nor   

ISO 639 3
sna   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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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.

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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.

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