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Bosnian vs Madurese


Madurese vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Indonesia, Island of Madura  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

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.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Malay and Javanese Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Halo  

Thank You
Hvala  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
molim vas  
tolong  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Zbogom  
Pamit  

I Love You
Volim te  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Kangean  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
110,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Bawean  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Bangkalan  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.23 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Madurese  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  

French Name
bosniaque  
madourais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Maduresisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[madura]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Madurese  

History

Origin
19th Century  
8th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Madurese  

Language Position
24  
22
69  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Madurese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
mad  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
mad  

ISO 639 3
bos  
mad  

ISO 639 6
boss  
-  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
madu1247  

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 Madurese Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Madurese language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD. 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 Madurese Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Madurese Difficulty

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

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