Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Arabic Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Kako si?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Laku noc
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Dobro jutro
Please
tafadhali
molim vas
I Love You
nakupenda
Volim te
Excuse Me
Samahani
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Croatia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Not Available
French Name
swahili
bosniaque
German Name
Swahili
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Bosniaks
Origin
6th century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Bosnian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
boss
Glottocode
swah1254
bosn1245
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Swahili 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 Swahili and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Bosnian Speaking population
Swahili and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. 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 Swahili and Bosnian on Swahili vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Bosnian Language Codes
Swahili and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.