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Bosnian vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Benin, Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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   
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Yoruba Academy   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Owo and Itsekiri languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Ẹ n lẹ   

Thank You
Hvala   
e dupe   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Bawo ni o se wa   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Kasun layọ o   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
ka a ale   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
e kaasan   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
e kaaro   

Please
molim vas   
Jowo   

Sorry
Oprostite   
binu   

Bye
Zbogom   
bye   

I Love You
Volim te   
mo nifẹ rẹ   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
mo tọrọ gafara   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Itsekiri   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
500,000.00   
34

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Ede   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Benin, Togo   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
800,000.00   
27

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Ulukwumi   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
20   
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.42 %   
32

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
29

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Yorùbá   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Yariba, Yooba   

French Name
bosniaque   
yoruba   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Yoruba-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Yoruba people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
4 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Kwa   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Yorùbá   

Language Position
Not Available   
49   
36

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Yoruba Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
yo   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
yor   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
yor   

ISO 639 3
bos   
yor   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
yoru1245   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

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 Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Yoruba language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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