Countries
West Java
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Halo
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
Nuhun
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
Mangga
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
Hapunten
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
  
bye
  
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
Punten
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Western dialect
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Banten
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
Bogor
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Bandung
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
8.30 million
  
99+
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
soundanais
  
shona
  
German Name
Sundanesisch
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Not Available
  
Origin
5th century AD
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Sundanese
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
su
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sun
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
sun
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
sun
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sund1251
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Shona language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sundanese vs Shona Difficulty
The Sundanese vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese 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 Sundanese and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is Not Available while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.