Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Me fal
  
Bye
bye
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Not Available
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Not Available
  
French Name
shona
  
albanais
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
20th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Shona and Albanian 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 Shona and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Albanian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Albanian Difficulty
The Shona vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Albanian 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 Shona and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.