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Croatian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
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
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

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  

History

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
23  
21
24  
22

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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Croatian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Bosnian language. History of Croatian 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 Croatian and Bosnian Language History.

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Croatian and Bosnian Greetings

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

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