Countries
Zimbabwe
Thailand
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
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Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Lao Language
Derived From
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Khmer Language
Alphabets in
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Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
Manheru
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Isan
Dialect 2
Karanga
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Northern Thailand
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
Native Name
chiShona
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
20th century
1283 CE
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Thai
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Thai Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
thai1261
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
47-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating