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Bosnian and Arabic


Arabic and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Hvala  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
Laku noc  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
صباح الخير  

Please
molim vas  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Oprostite  
آسف  

Bye
Zbogom  
وداعا  

I Love You
Volim te  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
bosniaque  
arabe  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Arabs  

History

Origin
19th Century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
24  
22
25  
23

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ara  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ara  

ISO 639 6
boss  
ara  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Bosnian and Arabic Speaking population

Bosnian and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Bosnian vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Arabic Language Codes

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

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