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Shona vs Assamese


Assamese vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
-  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

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.
  
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
11  
8

How Many Consonants
46  
34
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
Manheru  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
suprobhaat  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
bye  
biḍai  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Assam  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
chiShona  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
shona  
assamais  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
20th century  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Bantu  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Assamese  

Language Position
107  
99+
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Signed Assamese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
asm  

ISO 639 3
sna  
asm  

ISO 639 6
sna  
asm  

Glottocode
core1255  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Shona and Assamese Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Assamese language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Assamese language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Assamese language states that this language originated in 7th century A.D. 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 Assamese Language History.

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

Shona vs Assamese Difficulty

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

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