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Shona vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Turkey, Uzbekistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
46   
34
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.39 %   
34

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   

History

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   

Language Position
107   
99+
53   
38

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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Shona and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Uzbek language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD. 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 Uzbek Language History.

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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.

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