Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)
  
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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
God morgen
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Please
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
bye
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
shona
  
danois
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
20th century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Shona and Danish 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 Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Danish language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Danish Difficulty
The Shona vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.