Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-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
  
hola
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
triste
  
Bye
bye
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Not Available
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
shona
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Romance
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic