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Chinese and Bosnian


Bosnian and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
molim vas  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Oprostite  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Wu  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
chinois  
bosniaque  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Bosnian  

Language Position
1  
1
24  
22

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
bos  

ISO 639 3
zho  
bos  

ISO 639 6
zho  
boss  

Glottocode
sini1245  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Bosnian Speaking population

Chinese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Bosnian on Chinese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Bosnian Language Codes

Chinese and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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