Igbo vs Shona
Countries
Nigeria
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
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Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
kedụ
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Biko
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
igbo
  
shona
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1417
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Igbo and Shona Language History
Comparison of Igbo vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Igbo and Shona language. History of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC 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 Igbo and Shona Language History.
Igbo 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 Igbo and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Igbo and Shona language. Igbo word for "Hello" is kedụ or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Igbo Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Igbo vs Shona Difficulty
The Igbo vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Igbo 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 Igbo and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Igbo and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Igbo is 52 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.