Countries
Armenian Highland
Zimbabwe
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
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
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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
Greek
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Mhoro
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Masikati
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Mangwanani
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
arménien
shona
German Name
Armenisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Shona people
Origin
late 5th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
arme1241
core1255
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Armenian 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 Armenian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Shona language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Shona Difficulty
The Armenian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.