Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Turkey, Uzbekistan
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
- In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uzbek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Salom
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Rakhmat
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Qalay siz?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Hayirli tun
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Hayirli kech
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Hayirli kun
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Hayirli tong
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Iltimos
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Kechiring!
  
Bye
bye
  
Xayr
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Sizni sevaman
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Iltimos! Menga qarang
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Tashkent
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Afghan
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Ferghana
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
26.00 million
  
31
Native Name
Not Available
  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
shona
  
ouszbek
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Usbekisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Uzbek
  
Origin
20th century
  
9th–12th centuries AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Southestern(Chagatai)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Chagatay
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Uzbek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
uz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
uzb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
uzbe1247
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Shona and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Uzbek language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Uzbek Difficulty
The Shona vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.