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Bosnian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Yoruba Academy  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Hvala  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
e kaaro  

Please
molim vas  
Jowo  

Sorry
Oprostite  
binu  

Bye
Zbogom  
bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Itsekiri  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Ede  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
bosniaque  
yoruba  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[jòɾùbá]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
4 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
-  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
24  
22
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
yor  

ISO 639 3
bos  
yor  

ISO 639 6
boss  
yor  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Bosnian and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Yoruba language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Yoruba Difficulty

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

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