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Shona vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
46   
34
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
жал (žal)   

Bye
bye   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Debar   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
shona   
macédonien   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
20th century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian   

Language Position
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
mac   

ISO 639 3
sna   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Shona and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Macedonian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Shona vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Shona vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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