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Bosnian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
alo  

Thank You
Hvala  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
bună Dimineața  

Please
molim vas  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Oprostite  
scuze  

Bye
Zbogom  
La revedere  

I Love You
Volim te  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
250,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,400.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Română  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
bosniaque  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Romanians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Romanian  

Language Position
24  
22
36  
33

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
rum  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ron  

ISO 639 6
boss  
ron  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Romanian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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