About Danish Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Danish is pronounced as ˈtænˀsk, dansk sprog ˈtænˀsk ˈspʁɔwˀ. It is a North Germanic language and is spoken by six million people. It is the official language of Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands. It is the language of minorities in the Southern Schleswig in northern Germany. It is also spoken in Norway, Sweden, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina. Due to immigration, the language became popular in urban areas. About 15–20% of the population of Greenland are Danish speakers. Danish is a descendant of Old Norse and is a common language of the Germanic people who lived in Scandinavia in the Viking Era. Danish derives from the East Norse dialect group and is a Middle Norwegian language. Spoken Danish is different from Norwegian and Swedish.
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.
