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Bosnian and Maltese


Maltese and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
European Union, Malta   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Malta   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
National Council for the Maltese Language   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Western Arabic Dialects   

Derived From
Not Available   
Roman Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
24   
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Ħello   

Thank You
Hvala   
Grazzi   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Kif int?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Il-Lejla it-tajba   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
L-għodwa t-tajba   

Please
molim vas   
Jekk jogħġbok   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Skużani!   

Bye
Zbogom   
Ċaw   

I Love You
Volim te   
Inħobbok ħafna   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Skużi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Qormi   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Żejtun   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Malta   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Not Present   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
0.52 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Malti   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Malti   

French Name
bosniaque   
maltais   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Maltesisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Maltese   

History

Origin
19th Century   
c. 1470   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Abric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Maltese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Maltese Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
mt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
mlt   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
mlt   

ISO 639 3
bos   
mlt   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
malt1254   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
12-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Bosnian and Maltese Speaking population

Bosnian and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Bosnian vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Maltese Language Codes

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

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