Afrikaans and Bosnian
Countries
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Kako si?
Good Night
goeie nag
Laku noc
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Dobar dan
Good Morning
goeie more
Dobro jutro
Please
asseblief
molim vas
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Volim te
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
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Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Chakavian
Where They Speak
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Croatia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Croatia
Native Name
Afrikaans
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
afrikaans
bosniaque
German Name
Afrikaans
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Bosniaks
Origin
17th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Bosnian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
bosn1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Bosnian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. 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 Afrikaans and Bosnian on Afrikaans vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Bosnian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.