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Shona vs Spanish


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
hola  
Mhoro  

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  

Sorry
triste  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
adiós  
bye  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
6
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
35
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Español  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
shona  

German Name
Spanisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Shona people  

History

Origin
210 BC  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
2  
2
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
sna  

ISO 639 3
spa  
sna  

ISO 639 6
spa  
sna  

Glottocode
stan1288  
core1255  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Spanish and Shona Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Shona language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. 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 Spanish and Shona Language History.

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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 30 weeks.

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