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Turkish vs Shona


Shona vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
Merhaba   
Mhoro   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Masikati   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Mangwanani   

Please
lütfen   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
bye   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
turc   
shona   

German Name
Türkisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Not Available   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
20th century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Not Available   

Language Position
19   
17
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
sna   

ISO 639 3
tur   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
core1255   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Turkish and Shona Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Shona language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Shona Language History.

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

Turkish vs Shona Difficulty

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

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