Japanese vs Shona
National Language
Japan
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Africa
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Mhoro
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Masikati
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Mangwanani
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
kansai
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
日本語
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Alternative Names
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Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
japonais
shona
German Name
Japanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
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Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
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Language Family
Japonic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
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Standard Forms
Japanese
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nucl1643
core1255
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
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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Japanese and Shona Language History
Comparison of Japanese vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Shona language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Shona Language History.
Japanese 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 Japanese and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Shona language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Shona Difficulty
The Japanese vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.