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Bosnian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Norway   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

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

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

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
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
hallo   

Thank You
Hvala   
takk   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
god natt   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
god morgen   

Please
molim vas   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Oprostite   
unnskyld   

Bye
Zbogom   
ha det   

I Love You
Volim te   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
bosniaque   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
nor   

ISO 639 3
bos   
nor   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Bosnian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Norwegian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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