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Bosnian and Maithili


Maithili and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
pranam  

Thank You
Hvala  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Suprabhaat  

Please
molim vas  
kripaya  

Sorry
Oprostite  
maf karai  

Bye
Zbogom  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Volim te  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Tharuwat  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
North India  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
bosniaque  
maithili  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Maithil  

History

Origin
19th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
24  
22
40  
37

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
mai  

ISO 639 3
bos  
mai  

ISO 639 6
boss  
mai  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bosnian and Maithili Speaking population

Bosnian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Bosnian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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