Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
متاسف
  
Bye
bye
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Not Available
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
shona
  
persan
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Persian people
  
Origin
20th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Persian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Shona and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Persian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Persian Difficulty
The Shona vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.