Countries
South Africa
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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 in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.