Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
How Are You?
Kako si?
Habari gani?
Good Night
Laku noc
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Habari za asubuhi
Please
molim vas
tafadhali
I Love You
Volim te
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Samahani
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Croatia
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Croatia
Kilwa
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
bosniaque
swahili
German Name
Bosnisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
19th Century
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
bosn1245
swah1254
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-
All Bosnian and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Swahili Speaking population
Bosnian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Bosnian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Swahili Language Codes
Bosnian and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.