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Bosnian vs Akan


Akan vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Ghana, Ivory coast  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Ghana  

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  
Benin, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Akan Orthography Committee  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
16  
6

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
ete-sen  

Thank You
Hvala  
meda ase  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
wo ho te sɛn?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
maadwo  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
maadwo  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
maaha  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
maakye  

Please
molim vas  
wae  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Kafra  

Bye
Zbogom  
bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
Me doכ wo  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
mepa wo kyɛw  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Asante  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
9,000,000.00  
39

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Akuapem  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Fante  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ghana  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Akan  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Twi, Fante  

French Name
bosniaque  
akan  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Akan-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈaːkã]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Akan people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Akan  

Language Position
24  
22
104  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Akan Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ak  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
aka  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
aka  

ISO 639 3
bos  
aka  

ISO 639 6
boss  
aka  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
akan1251  

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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Bosnian and Akan Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Akan language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Akan language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Akan language states that this language originated in 15. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Akan Language History.

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Bosnian and Akan Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Akan language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Akan Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.

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