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Javanese vs Shona


Shona vs Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
46   
34

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Mhoro   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Mangwanani   

Please
Not Available   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
bye   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
javanais   
shona   

German Name
Javanisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Not Available   

History

Origin
450 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Not Available   

Language Position
11   
10
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
sna   

ISO 639 3
jav   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
core1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Javanese and Shona Language History

Comparison of Javanese vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Javanese and Shona language. History of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD 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 Javanese and Shona Language History.

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

Javanese vs Shona Difficulty

The Javanese vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Javanese 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 Javanese and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Javanese and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Javanese is 36 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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