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Belarusian vs Shona


Shona vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Belarus, Gambia   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Belarusian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
48   
28
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
39   
28
46   
34

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Dziakuj   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Jak vy ?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Dabranač   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Dobry viečar   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy   
Mangwanani   

Please
Kali laska   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Vybačajcie   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
da pabačennia   
bye   

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million   
26
Not Available   

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
biélorusse   
shona   

German Name
Weißrussisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Belarusians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
18th century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Belarusian   
Not Available   

Language Position
79   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
be   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
bel   
sna   

ISO 639 3
bel   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bela1254   
core1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Belarusian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Shona language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Belarusian and Shona Language History.

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Belarusian and Shona Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Belarusian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Shona language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs Shona Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Belarusian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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