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Bosnian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
36   
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Hvala   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
molim vas   
कृपया   

Sorry
Oprostite   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Zbogom   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Volim te   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Doteli   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
bosniaque   
népalais   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
19th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
nep   

ISO 639 3
bos   
npi   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Bosnian and Nepali Language History

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

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

Bosnian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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