Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
bye
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
22
Native Name
Not Available
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
shona
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
20th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Gujarati language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Shona vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.