Countries
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
متشکرم
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
شب بخیر
Good Evening
Manheru
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Masikati
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Mangwanani
صبح به خیر
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
لطفا
I Love You
Ndinokuda
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Karanga
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
chiShona
فارسی
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Persian people
Origin
20th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
fars1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Shona and Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Persian language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Persian Difficulty
The Shona vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.