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Shona vs Turkish


Turkish vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
46   
34
21   
11

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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Manheru   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
günaydın   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
lütfen   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
üzgünüm   

Bye
bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Not Available   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
shona   
turc   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
20th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Turkic   

Branch
Bantu   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
107   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
tur   

ISO 639 3
sna   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Shona and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Turkish language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Shona vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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