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Shona vs German

Shona
Shona
German
German
German vs Shona


Countries
Countries
Zimbabwe   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
7   
8
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Germany   
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   
Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for German Orthography   
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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   
German-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Alphabets
Not Available   
26   
8
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7
How Many Consonants
46   
34
9   
1
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   
30 weeks   
9
Greetings
Hello
Mhoro   
hallo   
Thank You
Waita zvako   
Danke   
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Wie geht es dir?   
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
gute Nacht   
Good Evening
Manheru   
guten Abend   
Good Afternoon
Masikati   
guten Tag   
Good Morning
Mangwanani   
guten Morgen   
Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
bitte   
Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Verzeihung   
Bye
bye   
Tschüs   
I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Ich liebe dich   
Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Entschuldigung   
Dialects
Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Swiss German   
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Switzerland   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18
Dialect 2
Karanga   
Swabian German   
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Germany   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26
Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Texas German   
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Texas   
How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000.00   
35
Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
229.00 million   
8
Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.39 %   
12
Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5
Native Name
Not Available   
Deutsch   
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Deutsch, Tedesco   
French Name
shona   
allemand   
German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Deutsch   
Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Ethnicity
Not Available   
Germans   
History
Origin
20th century   
6th Century AD   
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   
Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Germanic   
Branch
Bantu   
Western   
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   
Standard Forms
Not Available   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Language Position
107   
99+
9   
9
Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   
Scope
Individual   
Individual   
Code
ISO 639 1
sn   
de   
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna   
deu   
ISO 639 2/B
sna   
ger   
ISO 639 3
sna   
deu   
ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   
Glottocode
core1255   
high1287, uppe1397   
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living   
Living   
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   
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Shona and German Language History

Comparison of Shona vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and German language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Shona vs German Difficulty

The Shona vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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