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Bosnian and Xhosa


Xhosa and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
43  
32

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Molo  

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  

Please
molim vas  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Zbogom  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
South Africa  

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Africa  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

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  

History

Origin
19th Century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
xho  

ISO 639 3
bos  
xho  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
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.

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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.

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