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 Kazakh Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Kazakh is also known as Qazaq. It is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch and is spoken in Central Asia. The language is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz, and Karakalpak. It is the official language of Kazakhstan and is a minority language in Xinjiang. Kazakh is also spoken in China and the Bayan-Ölgii Province of Mongolia. It is also spoken by ethnic Kazakhs in the former Soviet Union. The language is also spoken in Germany and Turkey. Just like many Turkic languages, Kazakh employs vowel harmony. Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev changed the writing system of the language. The Cyrillic to Latin script has been enforced till the year 2025. The proposed Latin alphabet was revised several times and was introduced in January 2021. The language has many Turkish alphabets, and lacks the letters C. Kazakh has four additional letters that include: Ä, Ñ, Q, and Ū.The language is scheduled to be phased in from 2023 to 2031.
