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Bosnian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Norwegian Language Council  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
takk  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
god natt  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
god morgen  

Please
molim vas  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Oprostite  
unnskyld  

Bye
Zbogom  
ha det  

I Love You
Volim te  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Norsk  

French Name
bosniaque  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
nor  

ISO 639 3
bos  
nor  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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

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Bosnian and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Bosnian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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