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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
13
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Somalia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Middle East
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Afar and Oromo Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
NA26
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
4621
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
45
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
NA52 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Sidee tahay ?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Habeenka Good
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Evening Good
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
galab wanaagsan
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Subax wanaagsan
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Fadlan
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
sorry
3.10 Bye
bye
caraysiiyo
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
Waan ku jeclahay
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
iga raali ahow
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northern Somali
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Gabon, Standard Somali
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Benaadir
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Af-Ashraaf
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Standard Somali
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
43
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.13 %NA
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million8.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
af Soomaali
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
5.3.4 French Name
shona
somali
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Somali
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Somalis
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
19th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Cushitic
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Somali
6.3.3 Language Position
10783
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
so
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
som
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
som
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
som
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
soma1255
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Shona and Somali Alphabets

Shona and Somali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Somali. In Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters while in Somali Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Shona and Somali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Somali languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Somali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Somali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Somali Speaking population

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

Shona and Somali Language Codes

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