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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
-  
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
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
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  
34
440,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Ribagorçan  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
4,000,000.00  
40

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
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
5.10 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
català  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
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
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Catalan  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  

Language Position
24  
22
32  
30

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
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  
cat  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
stan1289  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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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