Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Not Available
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
Manheru
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan
Dialect 2
Karanga
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kazakhstan
Native Name
Not Available
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Kazahks
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
kaza1248
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Shona and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Kazakh language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Kazakh Difficulty
The Shona vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.