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Bosnian
Bosnian

Macedonian
Macedonian



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Bosnian and Macedonian

Countries

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

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-

Alphabets

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

3.50 million2.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.05 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.00 million2.50 million
0 873
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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

History

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

Code

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

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic

Bosnian and Macedonian Alphabets

Bosnian and Macedonian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bosnian and Macedonian. In Bosnian Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Macedonian Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Bosnian and Macedonian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bosnian and Macedonian languages. The Bosnian phonology consist Bosnian vowels and Bosnian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Bosnian greetings vs Macedonian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bosnian and Macedonian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bosnian and Macedonian Speaking population

Bosnian and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is 0.05 %. 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 Macedonian on Bosnian vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Macedonian Language Codes

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