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Ukrainian and Shona


Shona and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Ukraine   
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
46   
34

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Mangwanani   

Please
будь ласк   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
bye   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
ukrainien   
shona   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1561   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Eastern   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Not Available   

Language Position
26   
22
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
sna   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
core1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Ukrainian and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Ukrainian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Shona Speaking population

Ukrainian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Ukrainian and Shona on Ukrainian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Shona Language Codes

Ukrainian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Ukrainian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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