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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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