Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3034
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2526
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Zdravo
Salam
Thank You
Hvala
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Kako si?
chone tao?
Good Night
Laku noc
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Dobro veće
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
jawáin sawáh
Please
molim vas
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Oprostite
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Zbogom
bye
I Love You
Volim te
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Oprostite
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
660,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Croatia
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Baluchi
French Name
bosniaque
baloutchi
German Name
Bosnisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
19th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Balochi
Language Position
2439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
bal
ISO 639 2/B
bos
bal
ISO 639 3
bos
bal
ISO 639 6
boss
bal
Glottocode
bosn1245
balo1260
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-