Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3031
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2526
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Hvala
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Kako si?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Laku noc
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
molim vas
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Oprostite
жал (žal)
Bye
Zbogom
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Volim te
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Debar
Where They Speak
Croatia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
660,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Croatia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
628
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
bosniaque
macédonien
German Name
Bosnisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Macedonians
Origin
19th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Macedonian
Language Position
2445
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
bos
mac
ISO 639 3
bos
mkd
ISO 639 6
boss
mkd
Glottocode
bosn1245
mace1250
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic