Countries
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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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
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3230
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1725
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Zdravo
Thank You
Dankie
Hvala
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
Sorry
jammer
Oprostite
Bye
Totsiens
Zbogom
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Volim te
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
-
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Chakavian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
7.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Bosnian
Language Position
2324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
bos
ISO 639 2/B
afr
bos
ISO 639 3
afr
bos
ISO 639 6
afrs
boss
Glottocode
afri1274
bosn1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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