Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3036
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2529
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Hvala
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kako si?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Laku noc
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Dobro veće
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
mirëdita
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
mirëmengjes
Please
molim vas
Ju lutem
Sorry
Oprostite
Me fal
Bye
Zbogom
mirupafshim
I Love You
Volim te
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Më falni
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
660,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Croatia
Italy
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Shqip
French Name
bosniaque
albanais
German Name
Bosnisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Albanians
Origin
19th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
2414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
bos
alb
ISO 639 3
bos
sqi
ISO 639 6
boss
sqi
Glottocode
bosn1245
alba1267
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic