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Bosnian vs French


French vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
bonjour   

Thank You
Hvala   
Merci   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Bonjour   

Please
molim vas   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Oprostite   
désolé   

Bye
Zbogom   
au revoir   

I Love You
Volim te   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
African French   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Africa   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
français   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Français   

French Name
bosniaque   
français   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard French   

Language Position
Not Available   
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
fre   

ISO 639 3
bos   
fra   

ISO 639 6
boss   
fras   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Bosnian and French Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and French language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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Bosnian and French 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 French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and French language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs French Difficulty

The Bosnian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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