Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Japan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
  
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
bye
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Not Available
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Not Available
  
French Name
shona
  
japonais
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
20th century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Shona and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Japanese language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Japanese Difficulty
The Shona vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.