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Shona vs Albanian


Albanian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

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.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Romanian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
46  
34
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Manheru  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Me fal  

Bye
bye  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
chiShona  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

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

French Name
shona  
albanais  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Albanians  

History

Origin
20th century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
107  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
alb  

ISO 639 3
sna  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
sna  
sqi  

Glottocode
core1255  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Shona and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Albanian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. 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 Shona and Albanian Language History.

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

Shona vs Albanian Difficulty

The Shona vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Albanian 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 Shona and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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