Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- 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.
Similar To
Czech Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Masikati
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Mangwanani
Please
Prosím
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Pardón!
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Karanga
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
slovenčina
chiShona
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
slovaque
shona
German Name
Slowakisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Shona people
Origin
6th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Slovak
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
slov1269
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Slovak and Shona 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 Slovak and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Shona language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Shona Difficulty
The Slovak vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak Alphabets and Shona 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 Slovak and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.