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Shona vs Croatian


Croatian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
9   
7

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

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Croatian-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   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
bok   

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   

Bye
bye   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

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   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Not Available   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Hrvatski   

French Name
shona   
croate   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Croats   

History

Origin
20th century   
9th 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   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
107   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
sna   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
croa1245   

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   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Shona and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Croatian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Shona vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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