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Bosnian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
26  
16

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
13,000,000.00  
34
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
2.00 million  
99+

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
24  
22
45  
99+

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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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.

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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.

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