Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Zimbabwe
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Roman Empire
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
- 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
Armenian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
Mhoro
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Masikati
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Mangwanani
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Greece
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Italy
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Ukraine
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
ελληνικά
Not Available
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
shona
German Name
Neugriechisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
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Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
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Origin
1500 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Not Available
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
core1255
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Greek 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 Greek and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Shona language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Shona Difficulty
The Greek vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.