Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
660,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
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