Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Zimbabwe
National Language
Turkey
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
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Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Masikati
Good Morning
günaydın
Mangwanani
Please
lütfen
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
üzgünüm
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Karanga
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Türkçe
chiShona
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Türkisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Shona people
Origin
c. 1350
20th century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1301
core1255
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Turkish 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 Turkish and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Shona language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Shona Difficulty
The Turkish vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.