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Romanian vs Shona


Shona vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
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Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Mhoro  

Thank You
multumesc  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Masikati  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Mangwanani  

Please
Vă Rog  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
scuze  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
La revedere  
bye  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Română  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
shona  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1521  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
36  
33
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
sna  

ISO 639 3
ron  
sna  

ISO 639 6
ron  
sna  

Glottocode
roma1327  
core1255  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Romanian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Shona language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Shona Language History.

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Romanian 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 Romanian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Shona language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Shona Difficulty

The Romanian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.

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