Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
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Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3033
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2531
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Selam
Thank You
Hvala
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Kako si?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Laku noc
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Dobro veće
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
i'ndemin adäru
Please
molim vas
i'bakwon
Sorry
Oprostite
aznallehu
Bye
Zbogom
tschao
I Love You
Volim te
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Oprostite
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Croatia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
660,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Showa
Where They Speak
Croatia
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
20.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
bosniaque
amharique
German Name
Bosnisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Amharas
Origin
19th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Amharic
Language Position
2455
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
amh
ISO 639 2/B
bos
amh
ISO 639 3
bos
amh
ISO 639 6
boss
amh
Glottocode
bosn1245
amha1245
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional