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Bosnian and Albanian


Albanian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Romanian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
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
Zdravo  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Hvala  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
mirëmengjes  

Please
molim vas  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Me fal  

Bye
Zbogom  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Volim te  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Gheg Albanian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Tosk Albanian  

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

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

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Italy  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Shqip  

French Name
bosniaque  
albanais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Albanians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
24  
22
14  
13

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
alb  

ISO 639 3
bos  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
boss  
sqi  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
alba1267  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Bosnian and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bosnian and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Albanian Speaking population

Bosnian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bosnian and Albanian on Bosnian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Albanian Language Codes

Bosnian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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