About Turkish Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Turkish which is also referred to Istanbul Turkish is the official language of Turkey. It is one of the most popular Turkic languages and has around 70 to 80 million speakers. Turkish is the official language of the national language of Turkey. Turkish is also spoken by many speakers in Iraq, Syria, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and many other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested to add Turkish as an official language. The Turkish language has many distinctive features. Turkish has vowel harmony and extensive agglutination and can be easily adapted by people who don’t know Turkish. The basic word order of Turkish has no noun classes or grammatical gender. Turkish has a T–V distinction and becomes easily distinguishable with varying levels of politeness, social distance, age, and other factors.
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.
