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Shona vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
46  
34
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
bye  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Rivne, Volyn  

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
Not Available  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Not Available  

French Name
shona  
ukrainien  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
20th century  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Not Available  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
107  
99+
26  
22

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
sna  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Shona and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Ukrainian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Shona vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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