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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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