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Croatian and Shona


Shona and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Mhoro  

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  

Bye
Doviđenja  
bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
hrvatski  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
croate  
shona  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Shona people  

History

Origin
9th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
23  
21
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
sna  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
sna  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
sna  

Glottocode
croa1245  
core1255  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

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.

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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.

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