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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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