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Bosnian vs Hausa


Hausa vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Gambia, Nigeria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nigeria  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
32  
22

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
sannu  

Thank You
Hvala  
gode ku  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
yaya dai  

Good Night
Laku noc  
mai kyau dare  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
barka da yamma  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
barka da rana  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
mai kyau safe  

Please
molim vas  
Don Allah  

Sorry
Oprostite  
yi hakuri  

Bye
Zbogom  
sai anjima  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ina son ku  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
gafara dai  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Gaananci  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
50,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Kurhwayanci  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
150,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Daragaram  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Niger  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
50.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
50.00 million  
28

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.52 %  
30

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
35.00 million  
27

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  

French Name
bosniaque  
haoussa  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Haussa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[hàʊsà]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Hausa–Fulani people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
14  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Chadic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Hausa  

Language Position
24  
22
34  
32

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Signed Hausa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ha  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
hau  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
hau  

ISO 639 3
bos  
hau  

ISO 639 6
boss  
hau  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
haus1257  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
19-HAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Bosnian and Hausa Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Hausa language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Hausa language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Hausa language states that this language originated in 14. 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 Hausa Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Hausa Difficulty

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

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