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Shona vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
Not Available  
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
46  
34
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Zezuru  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  
Croatia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
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  

History

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
107  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Shona and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Bosnian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Shona and Bosnian Language History.

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

Shona vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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