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Bosnian vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
India  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
30  
20

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Hvala  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
molim vas  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Zbogom  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Volim te  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Laya  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
bosniaque  
dzongkha  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
24  
22
31  
29

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
bos  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
boss  
dzo  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
nucl1307  

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 Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Dzongkha language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Dzongkha Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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