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Shona vs Konkani


Konkani vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Govenment of Goa   

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Marathi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
16   
13

How Many Consonants
46   
34
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Namaskar   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Dev Borem Korum   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
kaso assa?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Rati Boren Zavonn   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Dis Borem Zavonn   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Chike   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Maf kor   

Bye
bye   
Adeus   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
hav tujo mog korta.   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Goa   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Not present   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Not present   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
1   
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
7.40 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Kōṅkaṇī   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   

French Name
shona   
konkani   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Konkani   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
20th century   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Kokani   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
kok   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
kok   

ISO 639 3
sna   
kok   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Shona and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Konkani language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Shona vs Konkani Difficulty

The Shona vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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