Countries
Zimbabwe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
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The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Mhoro
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Waita zvako
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
Manheru
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
South Korea
Dialect 2
Karanga
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
South Korea
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
China, North Korea
Native Name
chiShona
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Koreans
Origin
20th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Koreanic Family
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
kore1280
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Shona and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Korean language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Korean Difficulty
The Shona vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.