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Bosnian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Bulgaria, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Bulgaria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Institute for the Bulgarian language  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Macedonian language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  

Thank You
Hvala  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Как си? (Kak si?)  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  

Please
molim vas  
Моля (Molja)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  

Bye
Zbogom  
Довиждане (Doviždane)  

I Love You
Volim te  
Обичам те (Običam te)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
9,200,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Panagyurishte  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
9,000,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Pirdop  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
9,000,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
58  
32

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.21 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
7.80 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
9.00 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
български (bãlgarski)  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Balgarski  

French Name
bosniaque  
bulgare  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Bulgarisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Bulgarian people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Bulgarian  

Language Position
24  
22
88  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Bulgarian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
bg  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
bul  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
bul  

ISO 639 3
bos  
bul  

ISO 639 6
boss  
buls  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
bulg1262  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-hb  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bosnian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Bosnian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. 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 Bulgarian on Bosnian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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