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Shona vs Filipino


Filipino vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
-  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Magandang umaga  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
bye  
Paalam  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Waray  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
chiShona  
filipino  

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

French Name
shona  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
20th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Filipino  

Language Position
107  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
fil  

ISO 639 3
sna  
fil  

ISO 639 6
sna  
fil  

Glottocode
core1255  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Shona and Filipino Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Filipino language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century. 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 Filipino Language History.

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

Shona vs Filipino Difficulty

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

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