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
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
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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Serbian and Shona Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Shona language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Shona Difficulty
The Serbian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.