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Dutch vs Bosnian


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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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

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 %  
40
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Nederlands  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Bosanski Jezik  

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  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Bosnian  

Language Position
48  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Bosnian Sign Language  

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
nld  
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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Dutch and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Bosnian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century. 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 Dutch and Bosnian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Dutch vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch Alphabets and Bosnian 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 Dutch and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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