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Bosnian and Persian


Persian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
سلام  

Thank You
Hvala  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
صبح به خیر  

Please
molim vas  
لطفا  

Sorry
Oprostite  
متاسف  

Bye
Zbogom  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Volim te  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
bosniaque  
persan  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Persian people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Persian  

Language Position
24  
22
23  
21

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
per  

ISO 639 3
bos  
pes  

ISO 639 6
boss  
pers  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Bosnian and Persian Speaking population

Bosnian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Bosnian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Persian Language Codes

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

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