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Galician vs Shona


Shona vs Galician


Countries

Countries
Galicia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Galicia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
  • The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
  
  • 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
Portuguese Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
28 weeks  
9
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Ola  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Grazas  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Que tal estás?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Boas noites  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Boa tarde  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Boa tarde  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Bos días  
Mangwanani  

Please
Por favor  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Síntoo!  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Adeus  
bye  

I Love You
Ámote  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Perdoe!  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Galician  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
East Galicia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Central Galician  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Central Galicia  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Galician  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
West Galicia  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
2.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.05 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
2.40 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Galego  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Galego, Gallego  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
galicien  
shona  

German Name
Galicisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɡaˈleɣo]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Galician people  
Shona people  

History

Origin
c. 1175  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Galician  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
46  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Galician Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
gl  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
glg  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
glg  
sna  

ISO 639 3
glg  
sna  

ISO 639 6
glg  
sna  

Glottocode
gali1258  
core1255  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-ab  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Galician and Shona Language History

Comparison of Galician vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Galician and Shona language. History of Galician language states that this language originated in c. 1175 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 Galician and Shona Language History.

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

Galician vs Shona Difficulty

The Galician vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Galician 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 Galician and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Galician and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Galician is 28 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.

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