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Shona vs Gujarati


Gujarati vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
46   
34
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.74 %   
24

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   

History

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   

Language Position
107   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Shona and Gujarati Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Gujarati language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Gujarati language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Gujarati language states that this language originated in 15. 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 Gujarati Language History.

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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.

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