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Igbo and Bosnian


Bosnian and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
18
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
kedụ  
Zdravo  

Thank You
dalụ  
Hvala  

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere  
Kako si?  

Good Night
ka chi fo  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
mgbede ọma  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Biko  
molim vas  

Sorry
Ndo  
Oprostite  

Bye
Kachifo  
Zbogom  

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
ngọpụ  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Ngwa  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
-  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
24.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million  
40
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.09 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
24.00 million  
28
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
igbo  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Ibo  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
igbo  
bosniaque  

German Name
Ibo-Sprache  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Igbo people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
30th Century BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Kwa  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo  
Bosnian  

Language Position
57  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Igbo Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ig  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
ibo  
bos  

ISO 639 3
ibo  
bos  

ISO 639 6
ibo  
boss  

Glottocode
nucl1417  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Igbo and Bosnian Speaking population

Igbo and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % 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 Igbo and Bosnian on Igbo vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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