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Romanian vs Shona


Shona vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
1   
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
alo   
Mhoro   

Thank You
multumesc   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Masikati   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
Mangwanani   

Please
Vă Rog   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
scuze   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
La revedere   
bye   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
shona   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1521   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Not Available   

Language Position
36   
28
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
sna   

ISO 639 3
ron   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
core1255   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Shona language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Shona Language History.

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

Romanian vs Shona Difficulty

The Romanian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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