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
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.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
  
Ahoj
  
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!
  
Bye
bye
  
Dovidenia
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
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
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
sn
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.