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Serbian and Shona


Shona and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

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  
-  

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  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-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
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
chiShona  

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

French Name
serbe  
shona  

German Name
Serbisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Shona people  

History

Origin
11th 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
Standard Serbian  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
44  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
sna  

ISO 639 3
srp  
sna  

ISO 639 6
srp  
sna  

Glottocode
serb1264  
core1255  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

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.

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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.

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