Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Czech Language
Derived From
-
Czech-Slovak Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3046
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
515
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2538
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Zdravo
Ahoj
Thank You
Hvala
Ďakujem vám
How Are You?
Kako si?
Ako sa máte?
Good Night
Laku noc
Dobrú noc
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Dobrý večer
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Dobré popoludnie
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Dobré ráno
Please
molim vas
Prosím
Sorry
Oprostite
Pardón!
Bye
Zbogom
Dovidenia
I Love You
Volim te
Ľúbim Ťa
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Prepáčte!
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Eastern Slovak
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.005,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Central Slovak
Where They Speak
Croatia
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
How Many People Speak
660,000.005,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Western Slovak
Where They Speak
Croatia
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.005,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million5.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.00 million5.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
20.00 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
slovenčina
Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik
Slovakian, Slovencina
French Name
bosniaque
slovaque
German Name
Bosnisch
Slowakisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈsləʊvæk]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Slovaks
Origin
19th Century
6th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Slavic
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Slovak
Language Position
2427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language
Slovak Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
bs
sk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
bos
slk
ISO 639 2/B
bos
slo
ISO 639 3
bos
slk
ISO 639 6
boss
slk
Glottocode
bosn1245
slov1269
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-db
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic