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Marwari vs Shona


Shona vs Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
42   
22
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
32   
22
46   
34

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
72   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Marwari and Shona Language History

Comparison of Marwari vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Marwari and Shona language. History of Marwari language states that this language originated in 16 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 Marwari and Shona Language History.

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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.

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