Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Zimbabwe
National Language
Russia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Mhoro
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Masikati
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Mangwanani
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Ndineurombo
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
bye
I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Olonets
Karanga
Where They Speak
Olonets
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Novgorod
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Русский
chiShona
Alternative Names
Russki
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Russisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Russians
Shona people
Origin
1000 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
russ1263
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian 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 Russian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Shona language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Shona Difficulty
The Russian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.