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Bosnian and Japanese


Japanese and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Japan  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Palau  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
14  
4

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Hvala  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Laku noc  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
molim vas  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Zbogom  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Volim te  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Sanuki  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Nihongo  

French Name
bosniaque  
japonais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Japanese  

Language Position
24  
22
8  
8

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
bos  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
boss  
jpn  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Bosnian and Japanese Speaking population

Bosnian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Bosnian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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