Countries
Zimbabwe
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Not Available
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
Gracias
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
Manheru
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Buenos Días
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Por Favor
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Mexico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
Español
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
shona
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Not Available
Origin
20th century
210 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Romance
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Not Available
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
stan1288
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Shona and Spanish 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 Spanish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Spanish language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Spanish word for "Thank You" is Gracias. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Spanish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Spanish Difficulty
The Shona vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.