Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Arabic.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako si?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
Laku noc
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
Dobro veće
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
مساء الخير
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
صباح الخير
Excuse Me
Oprostite
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Croatia
Sudan
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Levantine
Where They Speak
Croatia
Cyprus, Levant
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Not Available
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
French Name
bosniaque
arabe
German Name
Bosnisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Origin
19th Century
512 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
North Arabic
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Modern Standard Arabic
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
arab1395
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bosnian and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Arabic language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Arabic Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.