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Shona vs Greek


Greek vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
46  
34
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
Manheru  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
bye  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Griko  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
chiShona  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
shona  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
20th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Hellenic  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
107  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
gre  

ISO 639 3
sna  
ell  

ISO 639 6
sna  
ells  

Glottocode
core1255  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Shona and Greek Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Greek language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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

Shona vs Greek Difficulty

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

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