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Yoruba and Bosnian


Bosnian and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
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
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Zdravo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Jowo  
molim vas  

Sorry
binu  
Oprostite  

Bye
bye  
Zbogom  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Ede  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Yorùbá  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
yoruba  
bosniaque  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
4 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Bosnian  

Language Position
49  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
bos  

ISO 639 3
yor  
bos  

ISO 639 6
yor  
boss  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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

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Yoruba and Bosnian Speaking population

Yoruba and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Bosnian on Yoruba vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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