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Shona vs Turkish


Turkish vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

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
-  
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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
46  
34
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Merhaba  

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  

Bye
bye  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
chiShona  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
shona  
turc  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
20th century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
107  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
tur  

ISO 639 3
sna  
tur  

ISO 639 6
sna  
tur  

Glottocode
core1255  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Shona and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Turkish language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Shona and Turkish Language History.

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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.

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