Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Thailand
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
bye
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
Not Available
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
shona
  
thaï
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
20th century
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Tai
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Thai
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Shona and Thai 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 Thai greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Thai language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Thai word for "Thank You" is ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Thai Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Thai Difficulty
The Shona vs Thai difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Thai 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 Thai are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Thai, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Thai time required is 44 weeks.