Countries
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
30
Rank: 12 (Overall)
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
25
Rank: 15 (Overall)
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Zdravo
Thank You
Hvala
How Are You?
Kako si?
Good Night
Laku noc
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Please
molim vas
Sorry
Oprostite
Bye
Zbogom
I Love You
Volim te
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Dialects
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
Rank: 11 (Overall)
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
How Many People Speak
660,000.00
Rank: 28 (Overall)
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
Rank: 76 (Overall)
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million
Rank: 74 (Overall)
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Not Available
French Name
bosniaque
German Name
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
History
Origin
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
1
120
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Signed Forms
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
ISO 639 2/B
bos
ISO 639 3
bos
ISO 639 6
boss
Glottocode
bosn1245
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available