Bosnian and Shona
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zimbabwe
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- 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
Serbian and Croatian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Hvala
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kako si?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Laku noc
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Masikati
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Mangwanani
Please
molim vas
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndineurombo
I Love You
Volim te
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Croatia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Croatia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
bosniaque
shona
German Name
Bosnisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
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Ethnicity
Bosniaks
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Origin
19th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Bosnian
Not Available
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
core1255
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Bosnian 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 Bosnian and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Shona Speaking population
Bosnian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available 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 Bosnian and Shona on Bosnian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Shona Language Codes
Bosnian and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.