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Bosnian and Zulu


Zulu and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
57  
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
50  
35

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Ndebele  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.16 %  
99+

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  

History

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  
87  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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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.

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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.

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