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English vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
South Africa  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Hello  

Thank You
Hvala  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
How are you?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Good Morning  

Please
molim vas  
Please  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Sorry  

Bye
Zbogom  
Bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
American English  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
English  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
English  

French Name
bosniaque  
anglais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
English people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard English  

Language Position
24  
22
3  
3

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
eng  

ISO 639 3
bos  
eng  

ISO 639 6
boss  
engs  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Bosnian and English Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and English language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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Bosnian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and English language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs English Difficulty

The Bosnian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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