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Bosnian and Somali


Somali and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Somalia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Middle East   

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

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Hello   

Thank You
Hvala   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
molim vas   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Oprostite   
sorry   

Bye
Zbogom   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
Volim te   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
bosniaque   
somali   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Somali   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Somalis   

History

Origin
19th Century   
19th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
som   

ISO 639 3
bos   
som   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Bosnian and Somali Speaking population

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

Bosnian and Somali Language Codes

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

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