Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako si?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Laku noc
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Dobro veće
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
guten Tag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
guten Morgen
Sorry
Oprostite
Verzeihung
I Love You
Volim te
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Croatia
Germany
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Texas German
Where They Speak
Croatia
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Not Available
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
bosniaque
allemand
German Name
Bosnisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Germans
Origin
19th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bosnian and German 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 German greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and German language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or German word for "Thank You" is Danke. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and German Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs German Difficulty
The Bosnian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.