Countries
Zimbabwe
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Czech Language
Derived From
Not Available
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Manheru
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Dobré ráno
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Prosím
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Pardón!
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Dialect 2
Karanga
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
shona
slovaque
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Slovaks
Origin
20th century
6th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
Not Available
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Not Available
Slovak
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
slov1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-db
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Shona and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Slovak language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Slovak Difficulty
The Shona vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.