Countries
Zimbabwe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Manheru
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Mariupol
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Ukraine
Native Name
Not Available
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
shona
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
20th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Hellenic
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
core1255
gree1276
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Shona and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Greek language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Greek Difficulty
The Shona vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.