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Shona vs Javanese


Javanese vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

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   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Halo   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Not Available   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
bye   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
Not Available   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
shona   
javanais   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
20th century   
450 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indonesian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Javanese   

Language Position
107   
99+
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
jav   

ISO 639 3
sna   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
java1253   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Shona and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Javanese language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. 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 Javanese Language History.

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Shona and Javanese 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 Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Javanese language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Shona vs Javanese Difficulty

The Shona vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Javanese 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 Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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