Countries
Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
bye
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
shona
  
slovène
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
20th century
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
All Shona and Slovene 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 Slovene dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Slovene language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Slovene Dialects are spoken in different Slovene speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Slovene Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Slovene dialects include: Prekmurje Slovene , Resian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Slovene Speaking population
Shona and Slovene speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Slovene languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Slovene Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovene 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 Slovene on Shona vs Slovene where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Slovene Language Codes
Shona and Slovene language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Slovene Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.