Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
  
Pan South African Language Board
  
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
  
Xhosa Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Zdravo
  
Sawubona
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Ngiyabonga
  
How Are You?
Kako si?
  
unjani
  
Good Night
Laku noc
  
okuhle ebusuku
  
Good Evening
Dobro veće
  
okuhle kusihlwa
  
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
  
okuhle ntambama
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
okuhle ekuseni
  
Please
molim vas
  
Ngiyacela
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Ngiyaxolisa
  
Bye
Zbogom
  
bye
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Georgia, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
Ndebele
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Zimbabwe
  
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
isiZulu
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Isizulu, Zunda
  
French Name
bosniaque
  
zoulou
  
German Name
Bosnisch
  
Zulu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
  
Zulu people
  
Origin
19th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Beatu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
urban Zulu
  
Standard Forms
Bosnian
  
Deep Zulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bs
  
zu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bos
  
zul
  
ISO 639 2/B
bos
  
zul
  
ISO 639 3
bos
  
zul
  
ISO 639 6
boss
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bosn1245
  
zulu1248
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
99-AUT-fg
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Bosnian and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Zulu Speaking population
Bosnian and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Bosnian vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Zulu Language Codes
Bosnian and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.