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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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