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Bosnian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
China, Guangdong   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
您好   

Thank You
Hvala   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
你好吗?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
晚安   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
下午好   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
早上好   

Please
molim vas   
请   

Sorry
Oprostite   
遗憾   

Bye
Zbogom   
再见   

I Love You
Volim te   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
outside mainland China   

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Hong Kong   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
bosniaque   
Not Available   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
bos   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bosnian and Cantonese Speaking population

Bosnian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Bosnian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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