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Bosnian vs Igbo


Igbo vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Nigeria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
28   
18

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
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
kedụ   

Thank You
Hvala   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
Laku noc   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
molim vas   
Biko   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Ndo   

Bye
Zbogom   
Not Available   

I Love You
Volim te   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Nigeria   

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ibo   

French Name
bosniaque   
igbo   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
bos   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Bosnian and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Igbo language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. 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 Igbo Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Igbo Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Igbo 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 Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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