Countries
Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
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Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
German and English Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
dankjewel
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Manheru
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Masikati
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Mangwanani
goedemorgen
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
pardon
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Karanga
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Limburgian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
chiShona
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
shona
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Dutch people
Origin
20th century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Germanic
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
mode1257
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Shona and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Dutch language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Dutch Difficulty
The Shona vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.