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Albanian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Ju lutem  
molim vas  

Sorry
Me fal  
Oprostite  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Zbogom  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
albanais  
bosniaque  

German Name
Albanisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Bosnian  

Language Position
14  
13
24  
22

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
bos  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
bos  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
boss  

Glottocode
alba1267  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Albanian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Bosnian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Bosnian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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