Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
bye
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
Not Available
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
shona
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
20th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Shona and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Punjabi language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Shona vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.