1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Russia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
спасибо(spasibo)
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
3.5 Good Evening
Manheru
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Masikati
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
3.7 Good Morning
Mangwanani
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
Извините(Izvinite)
3.10 Bye
bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Pamusoro
извините(izvinite)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA30,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Olonets
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Novgorod
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 million276.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million166.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA110.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Russki
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
Old East Slavic
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard Russian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Russian
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
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