Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Zimbabwe
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Manheru
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Masikati
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Mangwanani
Please
Ju lutem
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Më falni
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Italy
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
chiShona
Alternative Names
Shqip
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
albanais
shona
German Name
Albanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Shona people
Origin
1462 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
alba1267
core1255
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Albanian 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 Albanian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Shona language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Shona Difficulty
The Albanian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.