Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Somalia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
bye
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
Not Available
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
shona
  
galla
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Oromos
  
Origin
20th century
  
16
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
nucl1736
  
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
  
Not Available
  
All Shona and Oromo 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 Oromo dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Oromo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Oromo Dialects are spoken in different Oromo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Oromo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Oromo dialects include: Borana , Orma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Oromo Speaking population
Shona and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Shona vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Oromo Language Codes
Shona and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.