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Shona and Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
1   
14

National Language
Spain   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Africa   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Gracias   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
Mangwanani   

Please
Por Favor   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
triste   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
adiós   
bye   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
shona   

German Name
Spanisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
210 BC   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Not Available   

Language Position
2   
2
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
sna   

ISO 639 3
spa   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
core1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Spanish and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Spanish and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Spanish and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Spanish are spoken in different Spanish Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Spanish vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Spanish dialects include: Mexican Spanish, Cuban Spanish. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Spanish and Shona Speaking population

Spanish and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Spanish and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Spanish and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 % 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 Spanish and Shona on Spanish vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Spanish and Shona Language Codes

Spanish and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Spanish and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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