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Shona vs Romanian


Romanian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
6   
9

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
46   
34
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
alo   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
Manheru   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
bună Dimineața   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
scuze   

Bye
bye   
La revedere   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Not Available   
Română   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
shona   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Romanians   

History

Origin
20th century   
1521   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Romanian   

Language Position
107   
99+
36   
28

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
rum   

ISO 639 3
sna   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Shona and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Romanian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Shona vs Romanian Difficulty

The Shona vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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