Countries
Zimbabwe
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
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Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Waita zvako
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
Manheru
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Olonets
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Olonets
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Novgorod
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Novgorod
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Русский
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Russki
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Russisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Russians
Origin
20th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
Not Available
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard Russian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
russ1263
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Shona and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Russian Speaking population
Shona and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Shona vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Russian Language Codes
Shona and Russian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Russian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.