Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Zdravo
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Hvala
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Kako si?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Laku noc
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
molim vas
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Oprostite
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
I Love You
Volim te
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Greece
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Griko
Where They Speak
Croatia
Italy
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Croatia
Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Not Available
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
bosniaque
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Bosnisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
19th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
gree1276
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Bosnian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Greek language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Greek Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.