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
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Zdravo
  
Mhoro
  
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
  
Bye
Zbogom
  
bye
  
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
13,000,000.00
  
11
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
  
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
8.30 million
  
99+
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]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19th Century
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Bosnian
  
Not Available
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bs
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bos
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
bos
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
bos
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
boss
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bosn1245
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.