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Shona vs Slovene


Slovene vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
European Union, Slovenia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Serbo-Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Halo  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Kako se imate?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Lahko noč  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Dober večer  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Dober dan  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Prosim  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Oprostite  

Bye
bye  
Nasvidenje  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Ljubim te  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Prekmurje Slovene  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Hungary, Slovenia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Resian  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Italy  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Styrian  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Slovenia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
48  
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
Not available  

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

French Name
shona  
slovène  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Slowenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Slovenes  

History

Origin
20th century  
972-1093  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Slovene  

Language Position
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
sl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
slv  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
slv  

ISO 639 3
sna  
slv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
slov1268  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
53-AAA-f  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Shona and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Slovene language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Shona vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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