1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
18
247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
Rank: 40 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
0.13 %
Rank: 51 (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million
Rank: 51 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available