Countries
Philippines
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Palihug
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Babay
  
bye
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
cebuano
  
shona
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16th century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian 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 Cebuano
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Shona language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Shona Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.