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Bosnian vs Catalan


Catalan vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Spain   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages 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.
  
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Hola   

Thank You
Hvala   
Gràcies   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Com estàs?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Bona nit   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Bona nit   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Bona tarda   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Bon dia   

Please
molim vas   
Sisplau   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Perdó!   

Bye
Zbogom   
Adéu   

I Love You
Volim te   
T'estimo   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Dispensi!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Caló   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
France, Portugal, Spain   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
440,000.00   
35

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Valencian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
2,400,000.00   
19

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Ribagorçan   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Spain   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
4.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.10 million   
28

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
català   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   

French Name
bosniaque   
catalan; valencien   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Katalanisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Catalan people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
c. 1028   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Catalan   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Catalan   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ca   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
cat   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
cat   

ISO 639 3
bos   
cat   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
stan1289   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
51-AAA-e   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bosnian and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Catalan language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. 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 Catalan Language History.

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Bosnian and Catalan 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 Catalan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Catalan language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Catalan word for "Thank You" is Gràcies. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Catalan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Catalan Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Catalan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Catalan 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 Catalan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Catalan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Catalan time required is 24 weeks.

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