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Bosnian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

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  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Hvala  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
günaydın  

Please
molim vas  
lütfen  

Sorry
Oprostite  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Zbogom  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Volim te  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
bosniaque  
turc  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Turkish  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
24  
22
19  
17

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
tur  

ISO 639 3
bos  
tur  

ISO 639 6
boss  
tur  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Turkish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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