Countries
Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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 in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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)
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Montenegrin
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Serbs
Origin
20th century
11th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
serb1264
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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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.