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Nepali and Bosnian


Bosnian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
25  
15

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
कृपया  
molim vas  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Oprostite  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
népalais  
bosniaque  

German Name
Nepali  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
19 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Bosnian  

Language Position
59  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
bos  

ISO 639 3
npi  
bos  

ISO 639 6
nep  
boss  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
12  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Nepali and Bosnian Speaking population

Nepali and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Bosnian on Nepali vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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