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Zulu and Bosnian


Bosnian and Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Xhosa Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
50  
35
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Hvala  

How Are You?
unjani  
Kako si?  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Ngiyacela  
molim vas  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Oprostite  

Bye
bye  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Croatia  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Not Available  

French Name
zoulou  
bosniaque  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
19  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Bosnian  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
bos  

ISO 639 3
zul  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Zulu and Bosnian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Zulu and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Zulu and Bosnian Speaking population

Zulu and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Zulu and Bosnian on Zulu vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Zulu and Bosnian Language Codes

Zulu and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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