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Catalan vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Gràcies  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Bona nit  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Sisplau  
molim vas  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Adéu  
Zbogom  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
35
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
19
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Croatia  

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
28
Not Available  

Native Name
català  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Not Available  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
bosniaque  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Bosnian  

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
bos  

ISO 639 3
cat  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
stan1289  
bosn1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Catalan and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Bosnian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Bosnian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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