Countries
Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
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Turkish Language Association
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.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Azerbaijani Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Waita zvako
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Manheru
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Mangwanani
günaydın
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
lütfen
Sorry
Ndineurombo
üzgünüm
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Karanga
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
chiShona
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Turkish
Origin
20th century
c. 1350
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Turkic
Branch
Bantu
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
nucl1301
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Shona and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Turkish language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Turkish Difficulty
The Shona vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.