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Arabic vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Zdravo  

Thank You
شكرا  
Hvala  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Kako si?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Dobro jutro  

Please
من فضلك  
molim vas  

Sorry
آسف  
Oprostite  

Bye
وداعا  
Zbogom  

I Love You
أحبك  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
arabe  
bosniaque  

German Name
Arabisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
512 CE  
19th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Bosnian  

Language Position
25  
23
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
bos  

ISO 639 3
ara  
bos  

ISO 639 6
ara  
boss  

Glottocode
arab1395  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Arabic and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Bosnian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Bosnian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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