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Shona vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
China, Guangdong  

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  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
46  
34
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
您好  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
晚安  

Good Evening
Manheru  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
下午好  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
早上好  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
请  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
遗憾  

Bye
bye  
再见  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
Not Available  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
shona  
Not Available  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Not Available  

History

Origin
20th century  
17th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
sna  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Shona and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Cantonese language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Cantonese Language History.

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

Shona vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Shona vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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