1 Countries
1.1 Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Zimbabwe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Sweden
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
1.4 Second Language
Finland
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
1.10 Derived From
Old Norse Language
Not Available
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
hur mår du
Wakadini zvako?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Georgia
southern Zimbabwe
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
France
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
15.00 million25.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.70 million8.30 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Schwedisch
Schona-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
13th Century
20th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
Bantu
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Swedish
Not Available
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
Not Available
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Not Available
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
52-AAA-ck to -cw
99-AUT-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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