Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
bye
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
shona
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
20th century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Ilocano language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Shona vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.