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 Tatar Language
According to Wikipedia.org, The Tatar language is a popular Turkic language that is spoken by Tatars in European Asia and Serbia. It is not similar to Crimean Tatar or Siberian Tatar but they are closely related to each other in many ways. They all belong to various subgroups from Kipchak languages. The Tatar language is mainly spoken in Russia and around 5.3 million people speak it. This language is also spoken in China, Finland, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Lithuania. There are two different dialects of Tatar that include Central or Middle (Kazan) Western (Mişär or Mishar). All of these dialects are related to subdivisions. Gabdulkhay Akhatov is the founder of modern Tatar. The idioms of Siberian Tatar is considered another dialect of Tatar. However, it is also considered an independent language.
