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 Samoan Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Samoan is the official language of the Samoan Islands that comprises Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa. It is also the official language in both jurisdictions. Samoan is a Polynesian language where a population of 260,000 people currently reside. The writing system is of Latin Samoan alphabet and Samoan braille. The native speakers of Samoan include 510,000. If we talk about the vowel length it is phonemic in Samoan. It features five different vowels and has a long form that is denoted by a macron. For example, Tama means a child or a little boy while Tama means father. A lot of foreign words are included in Samoan phonology. The verbs are formed from nouns that will generally end with a. Just like many other Austronesian languages, Samoan features singular, dual, and plural.
