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Norwegian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Norway   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
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
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Zdravo   

Thank You
takk   
Hvala   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
god natt   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Vær så snill   
molim vas   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Oprostite   

Bye
ha det   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Norsk   
Not Available   

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
bosniaque   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
bos   

ISO 639 3
nor   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
norw1258   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Bosnian Speaking population

Norwegian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Norwegian and Bosnian on Norwegian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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