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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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