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Shona and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
46  
34
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
bye  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
chiShona  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
shona  
ukrainien  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
20th century  
1561  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Slavic  

Branch
Bantu  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
107  
99+
26  
24

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
sna  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
sna  
ukr  

Glottocode
core1255  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Shona and Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Ukrainian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Ukrainian Dialects are spoken in different Ukrainian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Ukrainian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian , Volynian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Shona and Ukrainian Speaking population

Shona and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Shona vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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