1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Not Available
1.10 Derived From
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?
How are you?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
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
Zimbabwe
United States of America
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA225,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA4,500,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
United Kingdom
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA2,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1,200.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million400.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA400.00 million
0.01
400
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
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
5th Century AD
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard English
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed English
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
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic