Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
bye
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Not Available
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Not Available
  
French Name
shona
  
kurde
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Kurds
  
Origin
20th century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Kurdish language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Shona vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.