Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Zimbabwe
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
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
I Love You
Te iubesc
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Croatia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
roma1327
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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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.