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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
bye
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
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]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
el
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
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.