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Bulgarian vs Shona


Shona vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bulgaria   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • 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
Macedonian language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
46   
34

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Mangwanani   

Please
Моля (Molja)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)   
bye   

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Pirdop   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
58   
32
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Balgarski   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
bulgare   
shona   

German Name
Bulgarisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian   
Not Available   

Language Position
88   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bg   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
bul   
sna   

ISO 639 3
bul   
sna   

ISO 639 6
buls   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bulg1262   
core1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bulgarian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Shona language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Bulgarian and Shona Language History.

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Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Shona language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bulgarian vs Shona Difficulty

The Bulgarian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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