Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
bye
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Not Available
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
shona
  
marathe
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
20th century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Marathi language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Marathi Difficulty
The Shona vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.