Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba Academy
  
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 largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
e kaaro
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
binu
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Not Available
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
shona
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
20th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
All Shona and Yoruba 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 Yoruba dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Yoruba language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Yoruba Dialects are spoken in different Yoruba speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Yoruba Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri , Ede. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Yoruba Speaking population
Shona and Yoruba speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Yoruba languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Yoruba Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 %. 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 Yoruba on Shona vs Yoruba where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Yoruba Language Codes
Shona and Yoruba language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Yoruba Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.