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Bosnian and Punjabi


Punjabi and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
41   
30

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Hvala   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
molim vas   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Zbogom   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Volim te   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Pothohari   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
bosniaque   
pendjabi   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
pan   

ISO 639 3
bos   
pan   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Bosnian and Punjabi Speaking population

Bosnian and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Bosnian vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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