Cantonese and Bosnian
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
China, Guangdong
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Hawaii
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Chinese Language
Serbian and Croatian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Kako si?
Good Evening
晚上好
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
下午好
Dobar dan
Good Morning
早上好
Dobro jutro
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Croatia
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Croatia
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
cantonais
bosniaque
German Name
Kantonesisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Bosniaks
Origin
17th century
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Bosnian
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Bosnian Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
bs
ISO 639 3
No data available
bos
Glottocode
cant1236
bosn1245
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Bosnian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Bosnian Speaking population
Cantonese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Bosnian on Cantonese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Bosnian Language Codes
Cantonese and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.