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Shona and Turkish


Turkish and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
Not Available   
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
46   
34
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Manheru   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
günaydın   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
lütfen   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
üzgünüm   

Bye
bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not Available   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
shona   
turc   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
107   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
tur   

ISO 639 3
sna   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Shona and Turkish Speaking population

Shona and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. 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 Turkish on Shona vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Turkish Language Codes

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

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