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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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