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Shona Language



Countries
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Countries
Zimbabwe 0

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe 0

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Speaking Continents
Africa 0

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries 0

Regulated By
Not Available 0

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.
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Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language 0

Derived From
Not Available 0

Alphabets
0

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
Not Available 0

Phonology
0

How Many Vowels
5 2

How Many Consonants
46 34

Scripts
Latin 0

Writing Direction
Not Available 0

Hard to Learn
0

Language Levels
4 3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available 0

Greetings
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Hello
Mhoro 0

Thank You
Waita zvako 0

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako? 0

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka 0

Good Evening
Manheru 0

Good Afternoon
Masikati 0

Good Morning
Mangwanani 0

Please
Ndinokumbirawo 0

Sorry
Ndineurombo 0

Bye
bye 0

I Love You
Ndinokuda 0

Excuse Me
Pamusoro 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Hwesa 0

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 2
Karanga 0

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Zezuru 0

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
4 4

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million 40

Speaking Population
0.13 % 51

Native Speakers
8.30 million 51

Second Language Speakers
Not Available 0

Native Name
Not Available 0

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru 0

French Name
shona 0

German Name
Schona-Sprache 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Not Available 0

History
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Origin
20th century 0

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family 0

Subgroup
Benue-Congo 0

Branch
Bantu 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Not Available 0

Standard Forms
Not Available 0

Language Position
107 67

Signed Forms
Not Available 0

Scope
Individual 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
sn 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
sna 0

ISO 639 2/B
sna 0

ISO 639 3
sna 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
core1255 0

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a 0

Types of Language
0

Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available 0

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available 0

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Origin of Shona language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Shona language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Shona language states that it was put to use in 20th century. The history of Shona language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Shona Language History.The evolution of Shona language began with early forms such as Not Available. Not Available is the standard form of Shona language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Shona Language.

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Shona population

Shona population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Shona language. Shona language is spoken by 25.00 million people in the world. Most of the Shona population lies in the Shona Speaking Countries. Shona language is spoken as first language by 8.30 million people and no total count of people speaking Shona as second language. Get to know Shona speaking population in detail.

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Shona writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Shona writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Shona language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Shona language. Learn more about . 

Information about Shona language

Check out all the information about Shona language here. You may find it interesting to learn Shona Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Shona Speaking Countries, Shona speaking continents and Shona Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Shona countries knowing common Shona Greetings will help you in communicating with Shona people.

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