About Czech Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Czech is also known as Bohemian. It is a West Slavic language of the Czech–Slovak group and is written in the Latin script. The language is spoken by over 10 million people and is the official language of the Czech Republic. The language is related to Slovak and is similar to Polish to a lesser degree. It is a fusional language and has a flexible word order. Its vocabulary is influenced by Latin and German. The Czech–Slovak group developed the language in the high medieval period. The standard Czech and Slovak in the Czech–Slovak dialect emerged in the early modern period. In the 18th and -19th centuries, the modern context of the language emerged. The Moravian dialects of Czech are spoken in the eastern part of the country. Czech comprises ten monophthongs, three diphthongs, and 25 consonants. The Czech words contain complicated consonant clusters but lack vowels. Czech is represented by the grapheme ř and has a simple orthography.
About Shona Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Shona is a Bantu language and is spoken by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The language was codified by the colonial government and became popular during the 1950s. According to Ethnologue, the language was spoken in the Zezuru, Korekore, and Karanga dialects. It is spoken by 7.5 million people. Shona has Manyika and Ndau dialects and is spoken by 1,025,000 and 2,380,000 people. It is called Shona and is similar to the Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Karanga (Western Shona). Shona is a written standard language and became popular in the early 20th century. In the 1920s, the Rhodesian administration offered schoolbooks and other materials in Shona. The first novel in Shona was published in 1957. It is taught in the schools and has literature in the monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. The Standard Shona has a specific dialect and is spoken by the Karanga people of Masvingo Province. Shona dialects are taught in local schools.
