Countries
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
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University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5330
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4325
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Molo
Zdravo
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Hvala
How Are You?
Unjani
Kako si?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Laku noc
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Molo
Dobro jutro
Please
Ndicela
molim vas
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Oprostite
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Zbogom
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Volim te
Excuse Me
Uxolo
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Thembu
Chakavian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Croatia
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
South Africa
Croatia
How Many People Speak
19.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
96
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
xhosa
bosniaque
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Bosniaks
Origin
16th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Bosnian
Language Position
2124
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
xh
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
bos
ISO 639 2/B
xho
bos
ISO 639 3
xho
bos
ISO 639 6
xho
boss
Glottocode
xhos1239
bosn1245
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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