Countries
Zimbabwe
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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 in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Swabian German
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Texas German
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
20th century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
core1255
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
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.