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Shona vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
East Asia, European Union, South America   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
East Asia, European Union   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akademio de Esperanto   

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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
46   
34
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Halo   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Dankon   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Kiel vi sanas?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Bonan nokton   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Bonan vesperon   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Bonan posttagmezon   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Bonan matenon   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Mi petas   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Mi bedaŭras!   

Bye
bye   
Ĝis poste   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Mi amas vin   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Pardonu!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Not present   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Not present   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Not present   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Not present   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
2.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
0.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Not Available   
Esperanto   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia   

French Name
shona   
espéranto   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Esperanto   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espeˈranto]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
1887   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Proto-Esperanto   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Esperanto   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signuno   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
eo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
epo   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
epo   

ISO 639 3
sna   
epo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
espe1235   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
51-AAB-da   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Constructed   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Shona and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Esperanto language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Shona vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Shona vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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