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Slovak vs Shona


Shona vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Czech Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
38   
27
46   
34

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Mangwanani   

Please
Prosím   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Pardón!   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Dovidenia   
bye   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
slovenčina   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
slovaque   
shona   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Not Available   

History

Origin
6th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Western   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Not Available   

Language Position
Not Available   
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
sna   

ISO 639 3
slk   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
core1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Slovak and Shona Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Shona language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. 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 Slovak and Shona Language History.

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

Slovak vs Shona Difficulty

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

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