Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2525
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
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
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Kako si?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Laku noc
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
molim vas
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Oprostite
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Zbogom
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Volim te
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Croatia
Serbia
How Many People Speak
660,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million8.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Montenegrin
French Name
bosniaque
serbe
German Name
Bosnisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Serbs
Origin
19th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Serbian
Language Position
2444
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
sr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
srp
ISO 639 2/B
bos
srp
ISO 639 3
bos
srp
ISO 639 6
boss
srp
Glottocode
bosn1245
serb1264
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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-