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Bosnian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

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  
Olá  

Thank You
Hvala  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
boa noite  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
bom Dia  

Please
molim vas  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pesaroso  

Bye
Zbogom  
tchau  

I Love You
Volim te  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Português  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Português  

French Name
bosniaque  
portugais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
19th Century  
3rd 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  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
por  

ISO 639 3
bos  
por  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
port1283  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bosnian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Portuguese language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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