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Afrikaans vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Dankie   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Kako si?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
goeie more   
Dobro jutro   

Please
asseblief   
molim vas   

Sorry
jammer   
Oprostite   

Bye
Not Available   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   

French Name
afrikaans   
bosniaque   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
17th Century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
bos   

ISO 639 3
afr   
bos   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
boss   

Glottocode
afri1274   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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Afrikaans and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Bosnian language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Afrikaans and Bosnian Language History.

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Afrikaans and Bosnian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Bosnian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Bosnian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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