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Bosnian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
-  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
16  
6

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Hoy  

Thank You
Hvala  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
molim vas  
Palihug  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Zbogom  
Babay  

I Love You
Volim te  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Boholano  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
21,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
southern Leyte  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
14.50 million  
35

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
bosniaque  
cebuano  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[sɛbuˈɑno]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Cebuano  

Language Position
24  
22
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Cebuano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
boss  
ceb  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bosnian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Cebuano language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th century. 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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