Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
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Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2560
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Hvala
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Kako si?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Laku noc
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
molim vas
амритана
Sorry
Oprostite
Амарахь
Bye
Zbogom
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Volim te
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Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Croatia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
660,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Sadz
Where They Speak
Croatia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.00 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
20.00 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
bosniaque
abkhaze
German Name
Bosnisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Abkhaz people
Origin
19th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Abkhaz
Language Position
2428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
abk
ISO 639 2/B
bos
abk
ISO 639 3
bos
abk
ISO 639 6
boss
abks
Glottocode
bosn1245
abkh1244
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative