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Bosnian vs Slovak


Slovak vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
38  
27

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
6.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
24  
22
27  
25

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Bosnian and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Slovak language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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