Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Croatia
Serbia
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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]
Origin
19th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
serb1264
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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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.