National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China
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
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
-
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
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.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
-
Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Mhoro
Ässalamu läykum.
Thank You
Waita zvako
rakhmat
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Manheru
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Masikati
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
birdam
Sorry
Ndineurombo
kachurung
I Love You
Ndinokuda
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Kachurung
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
China
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
China
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
China
Native Name
chiShona
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
shona
ouïgour
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Uyghur
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Turkic Family
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Uyghur
Glottocode
core1255
uigh1240
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-
Shona and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Uyghur language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Shona vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.