Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
-
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako si?
kako si
Good Night
Laku noc
laku noć
Good Evening
Dobro veće
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
dobar dan
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
dobro jutro
Sorry
Oprostite
Oprostite
I Love You
Volim te
Volim te
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Croatia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Croatia
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Hrvatski
French Name
bosniaque
croate
German Name
Bosnisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Croats
Origin
19th Century
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
croa1245
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Bosnian and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and Croatian Speaking population
Bosnian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Bosnian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and Croatian Language Codes
Bosnian and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.