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Galician vs Shona


Shona vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Galicia   
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
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Greetings

Hello
Ola   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Grazas   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Que tal estás?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Boas noites   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Boa tarde   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Bos días   
Mangwanani   

Please
Por favor   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Síntoo!   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Adeus   
bye   

I Love You
Ámote   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Perdoe!   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
East Galicia   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Central Galician   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Central Galicia   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Western Galician   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
West Galicia   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Galego   
Not Available   

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

French Name
galicien   
shona   

German Name
Galicisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1175   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Galician   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
gl   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
glg   
sna   

ISO 639 3
glg   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gali1258   
core1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Galician and Shona Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Shona language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Shona Language History.

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

Galician vs Shona Difficulty

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

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