Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
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Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian 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
Serbian and Croatian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3037
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2546
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Mhoro
Thank You
Hvala
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kako si?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Laku noc
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Masikati
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Mangwanani
Please
molim vas
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndineurombo
Bye
Zbogom
bye
I Love You
Volim te
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Croatia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
660,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Croatia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
20.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
bosniaque
shona
German Name
Bosnisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Shona people
Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Shona
Language Position
24107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
sna
ISO 639 2/B
bos
sna
ISO 639 3
bos
sna
ISO 639 6
boss
sna
Glottocode
bosn1245
core1255
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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