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Bosnian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Abkhazia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
25  
15
60  
36

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Hvala  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
molim vas  
амритана  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Амарахь  

Bye
Zbogom  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Volim te  
-  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
106,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
106,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
-  

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
bosniaque  
abkhaze  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[abxaz]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Abkhaz  

Language Position
24  
22
28  
26

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
abk  

ISO 639 3
bos  
abk  

ISO 639 6
boss  
abks  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Bosnian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Abkhaz language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Abkhaz Language History.

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Bosnian and Abkhaz Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Abkhaz language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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