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Finnish vs Shona


Shona vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
13   
3
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Mangwanani   

Please
haluta   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Heippa   
bye   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Not Available   

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

French Name
finnois   
shona   

German Name
Finnisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1543   
20th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Finnic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
sna   

ISO 639 3
fin   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Finnish and Shona Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Shona language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Shona Language History.

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

Finnish vs Shona Difficulty

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

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