Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.