Home
Languagevs


Serbian vs Shona


Shona vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
46   
34

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Mangwanani   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
bye   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Zimbabwe   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
serbe   
shona   

German Name
Serbisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11th 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
Standard Serbian   
Not Available   

Language Position
44   
33
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
sna   

ISO 639 3
srp   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
core1255   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Countries >>
<< All

Serbian and Shona Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Shona language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Shona Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Serbian 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 Serbian and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Shona language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Shona Difficulty

The Serbian vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages