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Russian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
46   
34
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
bye   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Not Available   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Russki   

French Name
shona   
russe   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Russians   

History

Origin
20th century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Slavic   

Branch
Bantu   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
107   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
rus   

ISO 639 3
sna   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Shona and Russian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Russian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Russian Language History.

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

Shona vs Russian Difficulty

The Shona vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.

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