Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Yemen
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3026
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2521
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Zdravo
Hello
Thank You
Hvala
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Kako si?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Laku noc
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Subax wanaagsan
Please
molim vas
Fadlan
Sorry
Oprostite
sorry
Bye
Zbogom
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Volim te
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Oprostite
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Croatia
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
660,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Croatia
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
bosniaque
somali
German Name
Bosnisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Somalis
Origin
19th Century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Somali
Language Position
2483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
som
ISO 639 2/B
bos
som
ISO 639 3
bos
som
ISO 639 6
boss
som
Glottocode
bosn1245
soma1255
Linguasphere
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No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-