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Shona vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Philippines   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
46   
34
16   
6

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Hoy   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Salamat   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Palihug   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
bye   
Babay   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
Not Available   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
shona   
cebuano   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
20th century   
16th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
107   
99+
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
sna   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Shona and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Cebuano language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Shona vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Shona vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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