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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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