Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3025
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2520
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Zdravo
Halo
Thank You
Hvala
Hvala
How Are You?
Kako si?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
Laku noc
Lahko noč
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Dober dan
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Dobro jutro
Please
molim vas
Prosim
Sorry
Oprostite
Oprostite
Bye
Zbogom
Nasvidenje
I Love You
Volim te
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Resian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Italy
How Many People Speak
660,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Styrian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
648
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
bosniaque
slovène
German Name
Bosnisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Slovenes
Origin
19th Century
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Slovene
Language Position
2428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
slv
ISO 639 2/B
bos
slv
ISO 639 3
bos
slv
ISO 639 6
boss
slv
Glottocode
bosn1245
slov1268
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional