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Ukrainian vs Shona


Shona vs 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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Ukrainian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Ukrainian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Ukrainian and Shona language. History of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561 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 Ukrainian and Shona Language History.

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

Ukrainian vs Shona Difficulty

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

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