Countries
Zimbabwe
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Not Available
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Not Available
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
hvala
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
kako si
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
laku noć
Good Evening
Manheru
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Masikati
dobar dan
Good Morning
Mangwanani
dobro jutro
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
molim
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Oprostite
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Volim te
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Chakavian
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Croatia
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Hrvatski
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Croats
Origin
20th century
9th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
croa1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Shona and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Croatian Speaking population
Shona and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Shona vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Croatian Language Codes
Shona and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.