1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Ghana, Ivory coast
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Ghana
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Benin, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Akan Orthography Committee
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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
wo ho te sɛn?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA9,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA9,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ghana
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,900,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million11.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million11.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Akan-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Akan people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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