Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Macedonia
  
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 in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.