Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Zimbabwe
National Language
Germany
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Danke
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
guten Abend
Manheru
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Masikati
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Mangwanani
Please
bitte
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Verzeihung
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Karanga
Where They Speak
Germany
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Texas German
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Texas
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Deutsch
chiShona
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
allemand
shona
German Name
Deutsch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Germans
Shona people
Origin
6th Century AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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German 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 German and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Shona language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common German Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Shona Difficulty
The German vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.