Bosnian and Afrikaans
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako si?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Laku noc
goeie nag
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
goeie more
Please
molim vas
asseblief
I Love You
Volim te
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Croatia
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Croatia
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Not Available
Cape Dutch
French Name
bosniaque
afrikaans
German Name
Bosnisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Afrikaners
Origin
19th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
afri1274
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
All Bosnian and Afrikaans 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 Bosnian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Bosnian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Bosnian and Afrikaans on Bosnian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Bosnian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
