Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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
Zambia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
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Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2518
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Moni
Thank You
Hvala
Zikomo
How Are You?
Kako si?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Laku noc
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
M'mawa wabwino
Please
molim vas
Chonde
Sorry
Oprostite
pepani
Bye
Zbogom
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Volim te
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Pepani
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Croatia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
660,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
bosniaque
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Bosnisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Chewa people
Origin
19th Century
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Chewa
Language Position
2427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
nya
ISO 639 2/B
bos
nya
ISO 639 3
bos
nya
ISO 639 6
boss
nya
Glottocode
bosn1245
nyan1308
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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