About Romanian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Romanian is a Balkan Romance language. The native speakers of the Romanian language are 22-26 mullion. It is spoken in Romania and Moldova while other 4 million people speak it as their second language. The writing system of Romanian includes Latin (Romanian alphabet); Cyrillic (Transnistria only) and Romanian Braille. There are a lot of Romanian dialects including Transylvanian; Crișana; Moldavian; Banat; Wallachian; Maramureș and Bukovinian. You will be surprised to know that Romanian belongs to the Romance and Eastern Romance language family. A part of the Romanian language has preserved Latin declension. However, it has also got six cases from Latin. This language also features nominative, accusative, genitive, and dative. It can also function as a separate gender and has its adjectives. The neuter of Romanian has a mixture of masculine and feminine.
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.
