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Bosnian and Chinese


Chinese and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
China, Taiwan   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
24   
19

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Hvala   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
molim vas   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Zbogom   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Volim te   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Wu   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
bosniaque   
chinois   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Han   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1250 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
chi   

ISO 639 3
bos   
zho   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Bosnian and Chinese Speaking population

Bosnian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Bosnian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Chinese Language Codes

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

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