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Bosnian and Igbo


Igbo and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Nigeria  

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  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
kedụ  

Thank You
Hvala  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Laku noc  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
molim vas  
Biko  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ndo  

Bye
Zbogom  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Volim te  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Ibo  

French Name
bosniaque  
igbo  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
24  
22
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
boss  
ibo  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Bosnian and Igbo Speaking population

Bosnian and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Bosnian vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Igbo Language Codes

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

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