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Shona vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
46   
34
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

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   

History

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
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Shona and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Kurdish language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Kurdish Language History.

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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.

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