Maltese and Bosnian
Countries
European Union, Malta
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Malta
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Roman Languages
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Alphabets in
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Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
How Are You?
Kif int?
Kako si?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Laku noc
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Dobar dan
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Dobro jutro
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
molim vas
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Volim te
Excuse Me
Skużi!
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Qormi
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Malta
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Malta
Croatia
Dialect 3
Not Present
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
Native Name
Malti
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Malti
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
maltais
bosniaque
German Name
Maltesisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Maltese
Bosniaks
Origin
c. 1470
19th Century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Bosnian
Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
malt1254
bosn1245
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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All Maltese 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 Maltese and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maltese and Bosnian Speaking population
Maltese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is 0.02 % 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 Maltese and Bosnian on Maltese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maltese and Bosnian Language Codes
Maltese and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.