Countries
Zimbabwe
Myanmar
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Manheru
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
Origin
20th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Shona and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Burmese language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Burmese Difficulty
The Shona vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.