Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3021
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2519
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Bwakeye
Thank You
Hvala
Urakoze
How Are You?
Kako si?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Laku noc
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Mwaramutse
Please
molim vas
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndasubiza
Bye
Zbogom
N’agasaga
I Love You
Volim te
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Ha
Where They Speak
Croatia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
660,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Shubi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
3.50 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
bosniaque
rundi
German Name
Bosnisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
19th Century
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Kirundi
Language Position
2486
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
bs
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
run
ISO 639 2/B
bos
run
ISO 639 3
bos
run
ISO 639 6
boss
run
Glottocode
bosn1245
rund1242
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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