Bosnian vs 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
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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
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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
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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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Bosnian and Shona Language History
Comparison of Bosnian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Shona language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Shona Language History.
Bosnian and Shona Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Shona language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Shona Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Shona Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.
