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Cantonese vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
China, Guangdong  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10  
8
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好  
Zdravo  

Thank You
谢谢  
Hvala  

How Are You?
你好吗?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
晚安  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
晚上好  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
下午好  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
早上好  
Dobro jutro  

Please
请  
molim vas  

Sorry
遗憾  
Oprostite  

Bye
再见  
Zbogom  

I Love You
我爱你  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
原谅我  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
outside mainland China  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

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

Dialect 2
Xiguan  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Hong Kong  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Hong Kong  
Croatia  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
Not Available  

Native Speakers
52.00 million  
21
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  
Not Available  

French Name
Not Available  
bosniaque  

German Name
Not Available  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
17th century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese  
Bosnian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
bos  

ISO 639 3
No data available  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
cant1236  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Cantonese and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Cantonese vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Cantonese and Bosnian language. History of Cantonese language states that this language originated in 17th century whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Cantonese and Bosnian Language History.

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

Cantonese vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Cantonese vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese Alphabets and Bosnian 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 Cantonese and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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