Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Church Slavonic
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Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
hvala
Waita zvako
How Are You?
kako si
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
laku noć
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
dobra večer
Manheru
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Masikati
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Mangwanani
Please
molim
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Volim te
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Croatia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Croatia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
hrvatski
chiShona
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Kroatisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Croats
Shona people
Origin
9th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
croa1245
core1255
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All Croatian and Shona Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Shona Speaking population
Croatian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Shona on Croatian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Shona Language Codes
Croatian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.