Countries
Zimbabwe
Georgia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
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Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Waita zvako
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
Manheru
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Dialect 2
Karanga
Kartlian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Kartli
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Pshavian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Pshavi
Native Name
chiShona
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
shona
géorgien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Georgians
Origin
20th century
5th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Southern
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Georgian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Georgian Sign Language
Glottocode
core1255
nucl1302
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Shona and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Georgian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Georgian Difficulty
The Shona vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.