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Yoruba vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
Zdravo  

Thank You
e dupe  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Jowo  
molim vas  

Sorry
binu  
Oprostite  

Bye
bye  
Zbogom  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
34
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Ede  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
27
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
34
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
Not Available  

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Not Available  

French Name
yoruba  
bosniaque  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
4 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Kwa  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Bosnian  

Language Position
49  
36
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
bos  

ISO 639 3
yor  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Yoruba and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Bosnian language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC 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 Yoruba and Bosnian Language History.

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

Yoruba vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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