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Bosnian and Amharic


Amharic and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Ethiopia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
31  
21

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Ethiopic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Selam  

Thank You
Hvala  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
molim vas  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Oprostite  
aznallehu  

Bye
Zbogom  
tschao  

I Love You
Volim te  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Gondar  

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

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ethiopia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
bosniaque  
amharique  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Amharas  

History

Origin
19th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Amharic  

Language Position
Not Available  
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
amh  

ISO 639 3
bos  
amh  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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

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Bosnian and Amharic Speaking population

Bosnian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Bosnian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Amharic Language Codes

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

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