Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Alphabets
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
bye
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
shona
  
amharique
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Amharas
  
Origin
20th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
core1255
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
Shona and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Amharic language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Amharic Difficulty
The Shona vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.