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Bulgarian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bulgaria  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
molim vas  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Oprostite  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
bulgare  
bosniaque  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Bosnian  

Language Position
88  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
bos  

ISO 639 3
bul  
bos  

ISO 639 6
buls  
boss  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Bulgarian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Bulgarian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Bulgarian and Bosnian language. History of Bulgarian language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th 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 Bulgarian and Bosnian Language History.

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

Bulgarian vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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