1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Somalia
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Somali Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Nagayattii buli
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Attam oolte / ooltan
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Attam bulte/bultan
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Maaloo na dabarsi
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kenya
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA13,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
1.3 Speaking Population
2.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million24.00 million
0.13
873
2.4.2 Second Language Speakers
2.4.4 Native Name
Not Available
Afaan Oromo
2.4.5 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Afaan Oromoo
2.4.6 French Name
2.4.7 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Galla-Sprache
2.5 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Ethnicity
3 History
3.1 Origin
3.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
3.2.1 Subgroup
3.2.2 Branch
3.3 Language Forms
3.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
3.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Afaan Oromo
3.3.3 Language Position
3.6.2 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Scope
4 Code
4.1 ISO 639 1
4.2 ISO 639 2
4.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
4.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
4.3 ISO 639 3
4.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
4.5 Glottocode
4.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
4.7 Types of Language
4.7.1 Language Type
4.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
4.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available