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Bosnian vs Korean


Korean vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
21  
18

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Hvala  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Laku noc  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
molim vas  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Zbogom  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Volim te  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
bosniaque  
coréen  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Koreans  

History

Origin
19th Century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
24  
22
12  
11

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
kor  

ISO 639 3
bos  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
boss  
kor  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Bosnian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Korean language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Korean Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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