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Shona vs Finnish


Finnish vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
46   
34
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Moi   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
haluta   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Anteeksi   

Bye
bye   
Heippa   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Finland   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Finland, Rauma   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Not Available   
suomi / suomen kieli   

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

French Name
shona   
finnois   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
20th century   
1543   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Bantu   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
fin   

ISO 639 3
sna   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Shona and Finnish Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Finnish language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Finnish language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543. 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 Finnish Language History.

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

Shona vs Finnish Difficulty

The Shona vs Finnish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Finnish 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 Finnish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Finnish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Finnish time required is 44 weeks.

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