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Kazakh vs Shona


Shona vs Kazakh


Countries

Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Gambia, Kazakhstan  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Kazakh language agency  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
  • 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
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
Not Available  

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
46  
34

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  
Masikati  

Good Morning
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  
Mangwanani  

Please
өтінемін (ötinemin)  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northeastern Kazakh  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
Zimbabwe  

Dialect 2
Southern Kazakh  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
southern Zimbabwe  

Dialect 3
Western Kazakh  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
11.00 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
kazakh  
shona  

German Name
Kasachisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Kazahks  
Not Available  

History

Origin
17th Century  
20th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Northwestern (Kipchak)  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Kazakh  
Not Available  

Language Position
93  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kk  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kaz  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
kaz  
sna  

ISO 639 3
kaz  
sna  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kaza1248  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Kazakh and Shona Language History

Comparison of Kazakh vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Kazakh and Shona language. History of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Kazakh and Shona Language History.

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

Kazakh vs Shona Difficulty

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

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