Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Zimbabwe
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Mhoro
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Masikati
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Mangwanani
Please
Молим (Molim)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Ndineurombo
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
bye
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Karanga
Where They Speak
Serbia
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
German Name
Serbisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Shona people
Origin
11th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
core1255
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Shona Speaking population
Serbian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Shona on Serbian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Shona Language Codes
Serbian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.