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Bosnian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Nigeria  

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  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
kedụ  

Thank You
Hvala  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Laku noc  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
molim vas  
Biko  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ndo  

Bye
Zbogom  
Kachifo  

I Love You
Volim te  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Enuani  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
igbo  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Ibo  

French Name
bosniaque  
igbo  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
24  
22
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
boss  
ibo  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Bosnian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Igbo language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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