Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
92
0
46
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National Language
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th 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
Serbain and Bosnian
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Church Slavonic
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3030
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2525
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
bok
Zdravo
Thank You
hvala
Hvala
How Are You?
kako si
Kako si?
Good Night
laku noć
Laku noc
Good Evening
dobra večer
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Dobar dan
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Dobro jutro
Please
molim
molim vas
Sorry
Oprostite
Oprostite
Bye
Doviđenja
Zbogom
I Love You
Volim te
Volim te
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
660,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Chakavian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Croatia
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
796
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
89.00 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.60 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
hrvatski
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
croate
bosniaque
German Name
Kroatisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Croats
Bosniaks
Origin
9th century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Bosnian
Language Position
2324
1
120
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Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hr
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
bos
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
bos
ISO 639 3
hrv
bos
ISO 639 6
hrv
boss
Glottocode
croa1245
bosn1245
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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