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Shona vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Hai   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
sila   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
maaf   

Bye
bye   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Musi   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Not Available   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Not Available   

French Name
shona   
malais   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Not Available   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
107   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
may   

ISO 639 3
sna   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Shona and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Malaysian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Shona vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Shona vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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