Countries
Zimbabwe
Armenian Highland
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Greek
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Manheru
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
կներեք (knerek’)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Karanga
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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Native Name
chiShona
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
shona
arménien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Armenians
Origin
20th century
late 5th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
arme1241
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Shona and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Armenian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Armenian Difficulty
The Shona vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.