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Shona vs Uyghur


Uyghur vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
China   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
China   

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   
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region   

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.
  
  • Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
  • Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Uzbek Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Gokturk Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
46   
34
27   
17

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Ässalamu läykum.   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
rakhmat   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
birdam   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
kachurung   

Bye
bye   
Khayr khosh   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
sizni yahshi kOrman   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Kachurung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Turpan   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
China   

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Hotan   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
China   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Lop Nur   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
China   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
10.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.12 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
8.20 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga   

French Name
shona   
ouïgour   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Uigurisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Uyghur   

History

Origin
20th century   
11   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Uyghur   

Language Position
107   
99+
98   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ug   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
uig   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
uig   

ISO 639 3
sna   
uig   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
uigh1240   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Shona and Uyghur Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Uyghur language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Uyghur language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Uyghur language states that this language originated in 11. 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 Uyghur Language History.

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

Shona vs Uyghur Difficulty

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

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