Countries
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Zimbabwe
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 in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Szeretlek
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
elnézést
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Bacău County, Rumania
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Oberwart
Karanga
Where They Speak
Austria
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Székely Land
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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
Origin
1192 AD
20th century
Language Family
Uralic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Hungarian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Hungarian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Hungarian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
hung1274
core1255
Linguasphere
ohu
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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Hungarian 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 Hungarian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hungarian and Shona language. Hungarian word for "Hello" is szia or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Hungarian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hungarian vs Shona Difficulty
The Hungarian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hungarian 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 Hungarian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hungarian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hungarian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.