Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
bye
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Not Available
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
shona
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Bhojpuri language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Bhojpuri word for "Thank You" is धन्वाद (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Bhojpuri Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Bhojpuri Difficulty
The Shona vs Bhojpuri difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Bhojpuri 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 Bhojpuri are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Bhojpuri, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Bhojpuri time required is 44 weeks.