Countries
Zimbabwe
Macedonia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
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Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Hello
Mhoro
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Manheru
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
жал (žal)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Galičnik
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Macedonia
Native Name
chiShona
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
shona
macédonien
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Macedonians
Origin
20th century
2200 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Slavic
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
mace1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
Shona and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Macedonian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Shona vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.