Countries
Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
شكرا
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Manheru
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Masikati
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Mangwanani
صباح الخير
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
من فضلك
I Love You
Ndinokuda
أحبك
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
اعذرني
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Dialect 2
Karanga
Sudanese
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Sudan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Levantine
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Arabisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Ethnicity
Not Available
Arabs
Origin
20th century
512 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Semitic
Branch
Bantu
North Arabic
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
arab1395
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Shona and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Arabic language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Arabic Difficulty
The Shona vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.