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Shona vs Khasi


Khasi vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Kumno   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
Manheru   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
khublei   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Map   

Bye
bye   
khublei   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
0.84 million   
99+

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
shona   
khasi   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
20th century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Khasi   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
kha   

ISO 639 3
sna   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
khas1269   

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   
Not Available   

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Shona and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Khasi language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available. 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 Khasi Language History.

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

Shona vs Khasi Difficulty

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

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