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Shona and Yoruba


Yoruba and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
Not Available   
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
46   
34
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Itsekiri   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Ede   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.42 %   
32

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   

History

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   

Language Position
107   
99+
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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