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Bosnian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
South Africa  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Namibia, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
Laku noc  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
goeie more  

Please
molim vas  
asseblief  

Sorry
Oprostite  
jammer  

Bye
Zbogom  
Totsiens  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
-  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
19.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
10.30 million  
40

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
bosniaque  
afrikaans  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
19th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
24  
22
23  
21

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
afr  

ISO 639 3
bos  
afr  

ISO 639 6
boss  
afrs  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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All Bosnian and Afrikaans 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 Bosnian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Bosnian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Bosnian and Afrikaans on Bosnian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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