Countries
Zimbabwe
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Regulated By
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Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
French and Portuguese Languages
Alphabets in
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Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
grazie
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Come stai?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
buonanotte
Good Evening
Manheru
buonasera
Good Afternoon
Masikati
buon pomeriggio
Good Morning
Mangwanani
buongiorno
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Per Favore
Sorry
Ndineurombo
scusate
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ti amo
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Scusami
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Romanesco
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Lazio
Dialect 2
Karanga
Central Italian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Native Name
chiShona
Italiano
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Italiano
French Name
shona
italien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Italienisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[itaˈljaːno]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Italians
Origin
20th century
960 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Italian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
ital1282
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
51-AAA-q
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
Shona and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Italian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Italian Difficulty
The Shona vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.