Countries
Rajastan, India
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Rajastan, India
  
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
Nepal, Pakistan
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
- 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Gujarati Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marwari-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
khammaghani
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
dhanyavaad
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
shubh raatri
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Shubh Honjh
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Shubh Havar
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
kirpa
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Maaf Karo
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
bye
  
bye
  
I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
maaf karo
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Jogi
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Bagri
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
India
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Dhundhari
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
India
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
22.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
14.00 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
Marwari
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
marvari
  
shona
  
German Name
Marwari
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi
  
Not Available
  
Origin
16
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Marwari
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mwr
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
mwr
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
mwr
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
raja1256
  
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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Marwari 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 Marwari and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Marwari and Shona language. Marwari word for "Hello" is khammaghani or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Marwari Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Marwari vs Shona Difficulty
The Marwari vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Marwari 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 Marwari and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Marwari and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Marwari is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.