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.
About Georgian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Georgian is the official language of Georgia and is widely spoken there. It is serving as the literary language for the speakers. Around 87.6% of native speakers speak this language while the number of speakers in the rest of the world is four million in total. The standard Georgian is based on the Kartlian dialect. Over the last few centuries, this language has got a strong influence on the other dialects too. As a result, it is mutually intelligible with one and another. Georgian is also related to Zan languages (Megrelian and Laz). This language also contains a large number of harmonic clusters. It also involves two consonants that are similar in type. However, they are pronounced with a single release only. For example ბგერა bgera (sound), ცხოვრება tskhovreba (life), and წყალი ts’q’Ali (water).
