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Shona vs Uzbek


Uzbek vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Turkey, Uzbekistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  
Afganistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Uzbek is officially written in the Latin script, but many people still use Cyrillic script.
  • In Uzbek language, there are many loanwords from Russian, Arabic and Persian.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language  
Kazakh and Uyghur Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
46  
34
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro  
Salom  

Thank You
Waita zvako  
Rakhmat  

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?  
Qalay siz?  

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka  
Hayirli tun  

Good Evening
Manheru  
Hayirli kech  

Good Afternoon
Masikati  
Hayirli kun  

Good Morning
Mangwanani  
Hayirli tong  

Please
Ndinokumbirawo  
Iltimos  

Sorry
Ndineurombo  
Kechiring!  

Bye
bye  
Xayr  

I Love You
Ndinokuda  
Sizni sevaman  

Excuse Me
Pamusoro  
Iltimos! Menga qarang  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa  
Tashkent  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
-  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
36
32,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 2
Karanga  
Afghan  

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Ferghana  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
-  

How Many People Speak
16.00  
99+
32,000,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
26.00 million  
31

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
32.00 million  
25

Native Name
chiShona  
أۇزبېك ﺗﻴﻠی o'zbek tili ўзбек тили (o‘zbek tili)  

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
shona  
ouszbek  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Usbekisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]  
[oʻzbek]  

Ethnicity
Shona people  
Uzbek  

History

Origin
20th century  
9th–12th centuries AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Turkic  

Branch
Bantu  
Southestern(Chagatai)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona  
Chagatay  

Standard Forms
Standard Shona  
Uzbek  

Language Position
107  
99+
53  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Shona  
Signed Uzbek  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
uz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
uzb  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
uzb  

ISO 639 3
sna  
uzb  

ISO 639 6
sna  
uzb  

Glottocode
core1255  
uzbe1247  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Shona and Uzbek Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Uzbek language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Uzbek language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Uzbek language states that this language originated in 9th–12th centuries AD. 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 Uzbek Language History.

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Shona and Uzbek 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 Uzbek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Uzbek language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Uzbek word for "Thank You" is Rakhmat. Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Uzbek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Shona vs Uzbek Difficulty

The Shona vs Uzbek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Uzbek 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 Uzbek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Uzbek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Uzbek time required is 44 weeks.

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