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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
Not Available   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

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   
11

Dialect 2
Wu   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Yue   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
Not Available   

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
chinois   
bosniaque   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
19th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Bosnian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available. 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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