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Bosnian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Halo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
molim vas  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Oprostite  
maaf  

Bye
Zbogom  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Volim te  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
bosniaque  
indonésien  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Indonesian  

Language Position
24  
22
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ind  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ind  

ISO 639 6
boss  
ind  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Bosnian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Indonesian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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