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Bosnian
Bosnian

Serbian
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Countries

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

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-

Alphabets

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

3.50 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.00 million8.70 million
0 873
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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

History

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

Code

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

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Bosnian and Serbian Alphabets

Bosnian and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Bosnian and Serbian. In Bosnian Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Bosnian and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Bosnian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Bosnian and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Bosnian and Serbian Speaking population

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

Bosnian and Serbian Language Codes

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