Countries
Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
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University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4625
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Zdravo
Thank You
Waita zvako
Hvala
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kako si?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Laku noc
Good Evening
Manheru
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Dobro jutro
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
molim vas
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Oprostite
Bye
bye
Zbogom
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Volim te
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Chakavian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Croatia
How Many People Speak
16.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
shona
bosniaque
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Bosniaks
Origin
20th century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Bosnian
Language Position
10724
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
bos
ISO 639 2/B
sna
bos
ISO 639 3
sna
bos
ISO 639 6
sna
boss
Glottocode
core1255
bosn1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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