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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
41
About Bhojpuri Language
0 46
1.3 National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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.
1.9 Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
24NA
About Irish Language
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
55
About Hebrew Language
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2146
About German Language
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
34
About Bengali Language
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
36 weeksNA
About Cebuano Language
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Habari
Mhoro
3.2 Thank You
Asante
Waita zvako
3.3 How Are You?
Habari gani?
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
Usiku mwema
Urare zvakanaka
3.5 Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Manheru
3.6 Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Masikati
3.7 Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Mangwanani
3.8 Please
tafadhali
Ndinokumbirawo
3.9 Sorry
pole
Ndineurombo
3.10 Bye
bye
bye
3.11 I Love You
nakupenda
Ndinokuda
3.12 Excuse Me
Samahani
Pamusoro
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Hwesa
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Zimbabwe
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Macedonian Language
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Kimrima
Karanga
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Dzongkha Language
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Kimgao
Zezuru
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Kilwa
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NANA
About Romanian Language
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
124
About Sanskrit Language
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
150.00 million25.00 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
NA0.13 %
About Xhosa Language
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
15.00 million8.30 million
About Abkhaz Language
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NANA
About Finnish Language
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
Not Available
Not Available
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
swahili
shona
5.3.5 German Name
Swahili
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6th century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
Bantu
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Swahili
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
NA107
About Chinese Language
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
sw
sn
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
swa
sna
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
swa
sna
7.3 ISO 639 3
swa
sna
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
swah1254
core1255
7.6 Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available

Swahili and Shona Alphabets

Swahili and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Shona. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Swahili and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Shona languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Swahili 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 Swahili and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Swahili and Shona Speaking population

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

Swahili and Shona Language Codes

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