Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Meghalaya
  
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
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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
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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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
  
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
  
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
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Ethnicity
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Khasi people
  
Origin
20th century
  
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
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Branch
Bantu
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
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No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
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Khasi
  
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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Glottocode
core1255
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.