Bosnian and Cantonese
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Hawaii
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
How Are You?
Kako si?
你好吗？
Good Evening
Dobro veće
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
下午好
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
早上好
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Croatia
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Croatia
Hong Kong
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
bosniaque
cantonais
German Name
Bosnisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Han Chinese
Origin
19th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
bs
No data available
ISO 639 3
bos
No data available
Glottocode
bosn1245
cant1236
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Bosnian and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Cantonese Speaking population
Bosnian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Bosnian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Cantonese Language Codes
Bosnian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.