Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Czech Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Ahoj
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Prosím
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
bye
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
slovenčina
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
slovaque
  
shona
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
6th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Western
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Slovak and Shona Speaking population
Slovak and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Shona on Slovak vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Slovak and Shona Language Codes
Slovak and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.