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Shona vs Serbian


Serbian vs Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-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  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

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  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
8.30 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Not Available  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
shona  
serbe  

German Name
Schona-Sprache  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Serbs  

History

Origin
20th century  
11th 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  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
107  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sn  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
sna  
srp  

ISO 639 3
sna  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
core1255  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Shona and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Shona vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Shona and Serbian language. History of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Shona vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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