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Bosnian and Dutch


Dutch and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Hallo   

Thank You
Hvala   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
goedemorgen   

Please
molim vas   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Oprostite   
sorry   

Bye
Zbogom   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Gronings   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
bosniaque   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
dut   

ISO 639 3
bos   
nld   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
mode1257   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Bosnian and Dutch Speaking population

Bosnian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Bosnian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Dutch Language Codes

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

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