Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
Zimbabwe
National Language
Spain
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Africa
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Gracias
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Masikati
Good Morning
Buenos Días
Mangwanani
Please
Por Favor
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
Te Quiero
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Mexico
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Karanga
Where They Speak
Cuba
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Español
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Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
espagnol; castillan
shona
German Name
Spanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
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Ethnicity
Not Available
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Origin
210 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Romance
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
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Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
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Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
stan1288
core1255
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Spanish 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 Spanish and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Spanish and Shona language. Spanish word for "Hello" is hola or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Spanish Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Spanish vs Shona Difficulty
The Spanish vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.