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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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