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Bosnian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
41  
30

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Hvala  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
Laku noc  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
molim vas  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
Zbogom  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
Volim te  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Pothohari  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
bosniaque  
pendjabi  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
24  
22
23  
21

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
pan  

ISO 639 3
bos  
pan  

ISO 639 6
boss  
panj  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Bosnian and Punjabi Speaking population

Bosnian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Bosnian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Punjabi Language Codes

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