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Maltese and Bosnian


Bosnian and Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Malta   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Western Arabic Dialects   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Roman Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
24   
14
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ħello   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Grazzi   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Kif int?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Jekk jogħġbok   
molim vas   

Sorry
Skużani!   
Oprostite   

Bye
Ċaw   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Skużi!   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi   
Shtokavian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Żejtun   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Malta   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Not Present   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.52 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Malti   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Malti   
Not Available   

French Name
maltais   
bosniaque   

German Name
Maltesisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Maltese   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
c. 1470   
19th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Abric   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Maltese   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mt   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
mlt   
bos   

ISO 639 3
mlt   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
malt1254   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Maltese and Bosnian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maltese and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Maltese and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maltese are spoken in different Maltese Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maltese vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maltese dialects include: Qormi, Żejtun. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maltese and Bosnian Speaking population

Maltese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maltese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Maltese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maltese and Bosnian on Maltese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maltese and Bosnian Language Codes

Maltese and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maltese and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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