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French vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Italian Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Merci  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Dobro jutro  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
molim vas  

Sorry
désolé  
Oprostite  

Bye
au revoir  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
African French  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

Native Name
français  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Français  
Not Available  

French Name
français  
bosniaque  

German Name
Französisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Bosnian  

Language Position
13  
12
Not Available  

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
bos  

ISO 639 3
fra  
bos  

ISO 639 6
fras  
boss  

Glottocode
stan1290  
bosn1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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French and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of French vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Bosnian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Bosnian Language History.

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

French vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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