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Georgian vs Shona


Shona vs Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Anatolian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
46   
34

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)   
Mangwanani   

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)   
bye   

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Kartlian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Kartli   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Pshavian   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Pshavi   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
géorgien   
shona   

German Name
Georgisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Georgians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
5th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Kartvelian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Southern   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian   
Not Available   

Language Position
120   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ka   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
geo   
sna   

ISO 639 3
kat   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1302   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Georgian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Georgian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Georgian and Shona language. History of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian and Shona Language History.

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

Georgian vs Shona Difficulty

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

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