Bosnian and Xhosa
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Thank You
Hvala
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Kako si?
Unjani
Good Night
Laku noc
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Molo
Sorry
Oprostite
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Zbogom
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Volim te
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Thembu
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Croatia
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Not Available
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
bosniaque
xhosa
German Name
Bosnisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
19th Century
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
xhos1239
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Bosnian and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Xhosa Speaking population
Bosnian and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Bosnian vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Xhosa Language Codes
Bosnian and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.