Countries
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
11.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.