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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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