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Dutch and Bosnian


Bosnian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
Zdravo   

Thank You
dankjewel   
Hvala   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Dobro jutro   

Please
alsjeblieft   
molim vas   

Sorry
sorry   
Oprostite   

Bye
vaarwel   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

Native Name
Nederlands   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Not Available   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
bosniaque   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Bosnian   

Language Position
48   
35
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
bos   

ISO 639 3
nld   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
mode1257   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Dutch and Bosnian Speaking population

Dutch and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Bosnian on Dutch vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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