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Shona vs Georgian


Georgian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Georgian script  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Kartli  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Pshavi  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.64 %  
26

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
4.00 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
20th century  
5th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Southern  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
107  
99+
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Georgian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
geo  

ISO 639 3
sna  
kat  

ISO 639 6
sna  
kat  

Glottocode
core1255  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Shona and Georgian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Georgian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Georgian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Georgian language states that this language originated in 5th 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 Georgian Language History.

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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.

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