1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Armenian
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
Mhoro
γεια σας (geia sas)
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million13.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million13.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
5.3.4 French Name
shona
grec moderne (après 1453)
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Neugriechisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Greek
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
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
Fusional, Synthetic