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Shona and Romanian


Romanian and Shona


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
6  
9

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Moldova, Romania  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
46  
34
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
alo  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Manheru  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
scuze  

Bye
bye  
La revedere  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Aromanian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Megleno-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
Not Available  
Română  

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

French Name
shona  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Romanians  

History

Origin
20th century  
1521  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Romanian  

Language Position
107  
99+
36  
28

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
rum  

ISO 639 3
sna  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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All Shona and Romanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Shona and Romanian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Romanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Romanian Dialects are spoken in different Romanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Romanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Romanian dialects include: Aromanian , Megleno-Romanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Shona and Romanian Speaking population

Shona and Romanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Romanian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Romanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Shona and Romanian on Shona vs Romanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Romanian Language Codes

Shona and Romanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Romanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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