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Shona vs Slovak


Slovak vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
46   
34
38   
27

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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!   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
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   

History

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
107   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Shona and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Slovak language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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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.

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