About Finnish Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Finnish is a Uralic language of the Finnic branch. It is spoken by the majority of the population in Finland. It is also spoken by ethnic Finns outside Finland. Finnish is the official language of Finland. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli are official minority languages. Finnish, is spoken in the Norwegian county Troms of Finnmark and is spoken by a minority group of Finnish descent. Finnish uses suffixal affixation. The Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, numerals, and verbs depending on their role in the sentence. Sentences are formed with the subject-verb-object word order and have extensive use of inflection. Word order variations have differences in information structure. The orthography is a Latin-script alphabet and it is derived from the alphabet. The Vowel length and consonant length in Finnish are distinguished, and there is a range of diphthongs in Finnish.
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.
