Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Zimbabwe
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
شكرا
Waita zvako
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
مساء الخير
Manheru
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
Masikati
Good Morning
صباح الخير
Mangwanani
Please
من فضلك
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
أحبك
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Karanga
Where They Speak
Sudan
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Levantine
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
chiShona
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Arabisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Arabs
Shona people
Origin
512 CE
20th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Benue-Congo
Branch
North Arabic
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Signed Shona
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
arab1395
core1255
Linguasphere
12-AAC
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic 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 Arabic and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Shona language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Shona Difficulty
The Arabic vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.