Countries
Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.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
  
hej
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
god morgon
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
ledsen
  
Bye
bye
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not Available
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
shona
  
suédois
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
20th century
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Swedish Speaking population
Shona and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Shona vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Swedish Language Codes
Shona and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.