Czech vs Shona
Countries
Czech Republic, European Union
Zimbabwe
National Language
Czech Republic
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Germany, Slovakia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of the Czech Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The Czech language was known as Bohemian as early at 19th century.
- In czech language, there are many words that do not contain vowels.
- 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
Polish, Slovak and Sorbian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
děkuji
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Jak se máš?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
dobrou noc
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
dobrý večer
Manheru
Good Afternoon
dobré odpoledne
Masikati
Good Morning
dobré ráno
Mangwanani
Please
prosím
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
litovat
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Miluji tě
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
promiňte
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Chodsko, Bohemia
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Czech Silesia, Hlucin, Northeast Moravia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Moravian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Czech Silesia, Moravia, Slovakia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
čeština / český jazyk
Not Available
Alternative Names
Bohemian, Cestina
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
tchèque
shona
German Name
Tschechisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Czechs
Not Available
Origin
9th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Proto-Czech, Old Czech
Not Available
Standard Forms
Standard Czech
Not Available
Signed Forms
Czech Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
czec1258
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-da
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Czech and Shona Language History
Comparison of Czech vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Czech and Shona language. History of Czech 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 Czech and Shona Language History.
Czech 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 Czech and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Czech and Shona language. Czech word for "Hello" is ahoj or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Czech Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Czech vs Shona Difficulty
The Czech vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Czech 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 Czech and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Czech and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Czech is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.
