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
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.