Countries
Zimbabwe
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
Not Available
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
grazie
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Come stai?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
buonanotte
Good Evening
Manheru
buonasera
Good Afternoon
Masikati
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
Mangwanani
buongiorno
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Per Favore
Sorry
Ndineurombo
scusate
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Scusami
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Lazio
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Central Italian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Italiano
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Italiano
French Name
shona
italien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Italienisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Italians
Origin
20th century
960 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Italian
Signed Forms
Not Available
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
itas
Glottocode
core1255
ital1282
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Shona and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Italian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Italian Difficulty
The Shona vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.