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Shona vs Kazakh


Kazakh vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
11.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
shona  
kazakh  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
20th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Kazakh  

Language Position
107  
99+
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
sna  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Shona and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Kazakh language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. 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 Kazakh Language History.

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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.

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