Countries
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Middle East
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
- 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
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Salom
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Rakhmat
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Qalay siz?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Hayirli tun
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Hayirli kech
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Hayirli kun
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Hayirli tong
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Iltimos
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Kechiring!
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Xayr
  
bye
  
I Love You
Sizni sevaman
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Tashkent
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Afghan
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Ferghana
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
26.00 million
  
31
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
ouszbek
  
shona
  
German Name
Usbekisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Uzbek
  
Not Available
  
Origin
9th–12th centuries AD
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Chagatay
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Uzbek
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
uz
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
uzb
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
uzb
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
uzb
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
uzbe1247
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Uzbek 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 Uzbek and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Uzbek and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Uzbek are spoken in different Uzbek Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Uzbek vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Uzbek dialects include: Tashkent, Afghan. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Uzbek and Shona Speaking population
Uzbek and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Uzbek and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Uzbek and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Uzbek language is 0.39 % 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 Uzbek and Shona on Uzbek vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Uzbek and Shona Language Codes
Uzbek and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Uzbek and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.