Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
University of Sarajevo
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
bye
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Not Available
  
French Name
shona
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
20th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Shona and Bosnian 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 Shona and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Bosnian Speaking population
Shona and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. 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 Shona and Bosnian on Shona vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Bosnian Language Codes
Shona and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.