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Bosnian vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
您好  

Thank You
Hvala  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
晚安  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
下午好  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
早上好  

Please
molim vas  
请  

Sorry
Oprostite  
遗憾  

Bye
Zbogom  
再见  

I Love You
Volim te  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
outside mainland China  

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hong Kong  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
bosniaque  
Not Available  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Cantonese  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
bos  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bosnian and Cantonese Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Cantonese language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Cantonese language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Cantonese Language History.

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Bosnian and Cantonese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Cantonese language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Cantonese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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