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Bosnian vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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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Bosnian and Zulu Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Zulu language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Zulu language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Zulu Language History.

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Bosnian and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Zulu language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Zulu word for "Thank You" is Ngiyabonga. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Zulu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Zulu Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Zulu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Zulu 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 Zulu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Zulu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Zulu time required is 44 weeks.

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