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Norwegian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Norway  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Zdravo  

Thank You
takk  
Hvala  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
god natt  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Vær så snill  
molim vas  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Oprostite  

Bye
ha det  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.00 million  
99+
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Norsk  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
bosniaque  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Bosnian  

Language Position
18  
16
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
bos  

ISO 639 3
nor  
bos  

ISO 639 6
nor  
boss  

Glottocode
norw1258  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Bosnian Speaking population

Norwegian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Bosnian on Norwegian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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