Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Zimbabwe
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
dankjewel
Waita zvako
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
goedenavond
Manheru
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Masikati
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Mangwanani
Please
alsjeblieft
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
pardon
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Karanga
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Not Available
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
shona
German Name
Niederländisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
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Origin
AD 450-500
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
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Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Dutch 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 Dutch and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Shona language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Shona Difficulty
The Dutch vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.