Countries
Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Not Available
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Waita zvako
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Manheru
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Karanga
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Serbia
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Torlakian
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Montenegrin
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Serbs
Origin
20th century
11th 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
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
serb1264
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Shona and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Serbian Speaking population
Shona and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Serbian on Shona vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Serbian Language Codes
Shona and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.