Home
Languagevs


Shona vs Bulgarian


Bulgarian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Africa, Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
bye   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Bulgaria   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
български (bãlgarski)   

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

French Name
shona   
bulgare   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
107   
99+
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
bul   

ISO 639 3
sna   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
core1255   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Countries >>
<< All

Shona and Bulgarian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Bulgarian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Bulgarian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Shona and Bulgarian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Shona and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Bulgarian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Shona vs Bulgarian Difficulty

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages