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 Slovenian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Slovene is popularly known as Slovenian. It is a South Slavic language and is spoken by the Slovenes. The language is spoken by 2.5 million speakers worldwide. The majority of the people living in Slovenia speak Slovenian. It is one of the three official languages in the country. The language is part of the European Union and is one of the 24 official languages of the country. It is also one of the working languages in Slovenia. Slovene is an Indo-European language and it belongs to the Western subgroup of the South Slavic branch. The language is close to the Chakavian and has a Kajkavian dialect. Slovene has certain linguistic characteristics and is similar to the South Slavic languages. Slovenian has a lot of similarities with other Serbo-Croatian languages. It is different from other languages spoken in the country as it has a different vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. Slovene has some similarities with West Slavic languages.
