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Shona and Persian


Persian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
سلام   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
Manheru   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
لطفا   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
متاسف   

Bye
bye   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
Not Available   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
shona   
persan   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Persian people   

History

Origin
20th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Persian   

Language Position
107   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
per   

ISO 639 3
sna   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Shona and Persian Speaking population

Shona and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Shona vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Persian Language Codes

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

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