Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
Zimbabwe
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
grazie
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Come stai?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
buonanotte
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
buonasera
Manheru
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
Masikati
Good Morning
buongiorno
Mangwanani
Please
Per Favore
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
scusate
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Ti amo
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Scusami
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Lazio
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Central Italian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Italiano
Not Available
Alternative Names
Italiano
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
italien
shona
German Name
Italienisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Italians
Not Available
Origin
960 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
Not Available
Standard Forms
Italian
Not Available
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
itas
Not Available
Glottocode
ital1282
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
Italian 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 Italian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Shona language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Shona Difficulty
The Italian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.