Countries
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Poland
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Academy of the Hebrew 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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3022
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
50
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2522
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Zdravo
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Hvala
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Kako si?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Laku noc
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
molim vas
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Oprostite
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Zbogom
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Volim te
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
בבקשה!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Israel
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Croatia
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
660,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Croatia
Israel
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
67
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
bosniaque
hébreu
German Name
Bosnisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Hebrew-speaking people
History
Origin
19th Century
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
2423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
bs
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
heb
ISO 639 2/B
bos
heb
ISO 639 3
bos
heb
ISO 639 6
boss
heb
Glottocode
bosn1245
hebr1246
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic