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Bosnian vs Polish


Polish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
European Union, Poland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Poland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
cześć  

Thank You
Hvala  
dziękuję  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Jak się masz?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
dobranoc  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
dobry wieczór  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
dzień dobry  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Dzień dobry  

Please
molim vas  
proszę  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Przepraszam  

Bye
Zbogom  
do widzenia  

I Love You
Volim te  
kocham Cię  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
przepraszam  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Kashubian  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
108,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Masovian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Poland  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
45,000,000.00  
14

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Silesian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Czech Republic, Poland  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
510,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
34  
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.61 %  
27

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
40.00 million  
21

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Polski  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Polnisch, Polski  

French Name
bosniaque  
polonais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Polnisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈpɔlski]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Poles  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1270  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Polish and Middle Polish  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Polish  

Language Position
24  
22
24  
22

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
pl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
pol  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
pol  

ISO 639 3
bos  
pol  

ISO 639 6
boss  
pols  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
poli1260  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-cc  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Polish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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