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Hungarian and Shona


Shona and Hungarian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  
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Interesting Facts
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  
  • 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
Mansi and Khanty Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
East and South Slavic Languages  
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
40  
21
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
szia  
Mhoro  

Thank You
köszönöm  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Hogy vagy?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Jó Éjszakát  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
jó Estét  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Jó Napot Kívánok  
Masikati  

Good Morning
jó Reggelt  
Mangwanani  

Please
Kérlek  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
bocsi  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
viszlát  
bye  

I Love You
Szeretlek  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
elnézést  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Csángó  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Oberwart  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Austria  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
32
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Székely  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Székely Land  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
11  
11
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.19 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.07 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
magyar / magyar nyelv  
chiShona  

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

French Name
hongrois  
shona  

German Name
Ungarisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Hungarians  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1192 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Ugric  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Hungarian  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
66  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hu  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hun  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
hun  
sna  

ISO 639 3
hun  
sna  

ISO 639 6
hun  
sna  

Glottocode
hung1274  
core1255  

Linguasphere
ohu  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
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All Hungarian and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hungarian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Hungarian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hungarian are spoken in different Hungarian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hungarian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hungarian dialects include: Csángó, Oberwart. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hungarian and Shona Speaking population

Hungarian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hungarian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Hungarian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hungarian and Shona on Hungarian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hungarian and Shona Language Codes

Hungarian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hungarian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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