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Russian vs Shona


Shona vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Russia   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
46   
34

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Mangwanani   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
bye   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
russe   
shona   

German Name
Russisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Not Available   

Language Position
7   
7
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
sna   

ISO 639 3
rus   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
core1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Russian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Shona language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Shona Language History.

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

Russian vs Shona Difficulty

The Russian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

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