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Shona and Hungarian


Hungarian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Mansi and Khanty Languages  

Derived From
-  
East and South Slavic Languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
46  
34
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
szia  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
köszönöm  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Hogy vagy?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Jó Éjszakát  

Good Evening
Manheru  
jó Estét  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Jó Napot Kívánok  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
jó Reggelt  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Kérlek  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
bocsi  

Bye
bye  
viszlát  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Szeretlek  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
elnézést  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Csángó  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Bacău County, Rumania  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Oberwart  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Austria  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Székely  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Székely Land  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
11  
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.19 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
0.07 million  
99+

Native Name
chiShona  
magyar / magyar nyelv  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Magyar  

French Name
shona  
hongrois  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Ungarisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ˈmɒɟɒr]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Hungarians  

History

Origin
20th century  
1192 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Bantu  
Ugric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Old Hungarian  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Modern Hungarian  

Language Position
107  
99+
66  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Hungarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
hu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
hun  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
hun  

ISO 639 3
sna  
hun  

ISO 639 6
sna  
hun  

Glottocode
core1255  
hung1274  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
ohu  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Shona and Hungarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Shona and Hungarian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Hungarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Hungarian Dialects are spoken in different Hungarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Hungarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Hungarian dialects include: Csángó , Oberwart. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Shona and Hungarian Speaking population

Shona and Hungarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Hungarian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Hungarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hungarian language is 0.19 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Shona and Hungarian on Shona vs Hungarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Hungarian Language Codes

Shona and Hungarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Hungarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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