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Bosnian vs Vietnamese


Vietnamese vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Vietnam  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Czech Republic  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Chinese Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Xin chào  

Thank You
Hvala  
Cam on  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Bạn khỏe không?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Chúc ngủ ngon  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Chào buổi tối  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Chào buổi trưa  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Chào buổi sáng  

Please
molim vas  
xin vui lòng  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Xin lỗi  

Bye
Zbogom  
Tạm biệt  

I Love You
Volim te  
tôi yêu bạn  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Xin loi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Northern Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
North-central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Mid-Central Vietnamese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
91.00 million  
16

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
16.00 million  
17

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
tiếng việt (㗂越)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  

French Name
bosniaque  
vietnamien  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Vietnamesisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1440  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Vietnamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
14  
13

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Vietnamese sign languages  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
vi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
vie  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
vie  

ISO 639 3
bos  
vie  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
viet1252  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
46-EBA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Bosnian and Vietnamese Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Vietnamese language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Vietnamese language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440. 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 Vietnamese Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Vietnamese Difficulty

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

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