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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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