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Shona vs Dutch


Dutch vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Hallo   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Manheru   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
goedemorgen   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
sorry   

Bye
bye   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Not Available   
Nederlands   

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

French Name
shona   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
20th century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   

Branch
Bantu   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
107   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
dut   

ISO 639 3
sna   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Shona and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Dutch language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Shona vs Dutch Difficulty

The Shona vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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