National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Manheru
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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Native Name
chiShona
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
shona
goudjrati
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Gujaratis
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Shona and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Gujarati language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Shona vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.