Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako si?
Como você está?
Good Night
Laku noc
boa noite
Good Evening
Dobro veće
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
boa Tarde
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
bom Dia
Please
molim vas
Por Favor
I Love You
Volim te
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Oprostite
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Brazil
Dialect 2
Chakavian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Croatia
Portugal
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Croatia
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Português
Alternative Names
Not Available
Português
French Name
bosniaque
portugais
German Name
Bosnisch
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
19th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
port1283
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Bosnian and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Portuguese language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.