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Portuguese and Bosnian


Bosnian and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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 and Galician Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
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
Olá  
Zdravo  

Thank You
obrigado  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
boa noite  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Por Favor  
molim vas  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Oprostite  

Bye
tchau  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
4
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
36
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
Not Available  

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Português  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Português  
Not Available  

French Name
portugais  
bosniaque  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Bosnian  

Language Position
6  
6
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
bos  

ISO 639 3
por  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
port1283  
bosn1245  

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

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Portuguese and Bosnian Speaking population

Portuguese and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Bosnian on Portuguese vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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