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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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