Countries
Zimbabwe
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
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 in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
28.00 million
  
38
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.