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Bosnian vs Maltese


Maltese vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
European Union, Malta  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Malta  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
National Council for the Maltese Language  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Western Arabic Dialects  

Derived From
-  
Roman Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
24  
14

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Ħello  

Thank You
Hvala  
Grazzi  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Kif int?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Il-Lejla it-tajba  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
L-għodwa t-tajba  

Please
molim vas  
Jekk jogħġbok  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Skużani!  

Bye
Zbogom  
Ċaw  

I Love You
Volim te  
Inħobbok ħafna  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Skużi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Qormi  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
520,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Żejtun  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Malta  

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

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Not Present  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.02 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.52 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
0.50 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Malti  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Malti  

French Name
bosniaque  
maltais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Maltesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[mɔːltiːz]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Maltese  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1470  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
North Abric  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Maltese  

Language Position
24  
22
25  
23

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Maltese Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
mt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
mlt  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
mlt  

ISO 639 3
bos  
mlt  

ISO 639 6
boss  
mlt  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
malt1254  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
12-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Maltese Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Maltese language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Maltese language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470. 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 Maltese Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Maltese Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.

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