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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
14
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
NA24
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
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
43
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
NA36 weeks
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
Habari
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
Asante
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Habari gani?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Usiku mwema
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Habari za jioni
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
nzuri Alasiri
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Habari za asubuhi
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
tafadhali
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
pole
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
nakupenda
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Samahani
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kiunguja
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Zanzibar island
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
Kimrima
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Dar es Salaam
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
Kimgao
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kilwa
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
412
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million150.00 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 million15.00 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
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
5.3.4 French Name
shona
swahili
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Swahili
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Swahili people or Waswahili
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
6th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Swahili
6.3.3 Language Position
107NA
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
sw
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
swa
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
swa
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
swa
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
swah1254
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
99-AUS-m
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Shona and Swahili Alphabets

Shona and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Swahili. In Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Shona and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Swahili Speaking population

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

Shona and Swahili Language Codes

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