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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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