Countries
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3044
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
512
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2532
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Zdravo
sannu
Thank You
Hvala
gode ku
How Are You?
Kako si?
yaya dai
Good Night
Laku noc
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
Dobro veće
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
barka da rana
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
mai kyau safe
Please
molim vas
Don Allah
Sorry
Oprostite
yi hakuri
Bye
Zbogom
sai anjima
I Love You
Volim te
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Oprostite
gafara dai
Dialects
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Croatia
Niger
How Many People Speak
660,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Croatia
Niger
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
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How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
20.00 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
bosniaque
haoussa
German Name
Bosnisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Hausa–Fulani people
History
Origin
19th Century
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Hausa
Language Position
2434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
bs
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
hau
ISO 639 2/B
bos
hau
ISO 639 3
bos
hau
ISO 639 6
boss
hau
Glottocode
bosn1245
haus1257
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional