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Cantonese vs Shona


Shona vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Hawaii  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
46  
34

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Mhoro  

Thank You
谢谢  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
晚安  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Masikati  

Good Morning
早上好  
Mangwanani  

Please
请  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
遗憾  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
再见  
bye  

I Love You
我爱你  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Zimbabwe  

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
southern Zimbabwe  

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
Not Available  
shona  

German Name
Not Available  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Not Available  

Language Position
Not Available  
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
sna  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
cant1236  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Shona Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Shona language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese and Shona Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Shona Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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