Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Germany
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Not Available
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Kako si?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Laku noc
Good Evening
guten Abend
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Dobar dan
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Dobro jutro
Sorry
Verzeihung
Oprostite
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Volim te
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Germany
Croatia
Dialect 3
Texas German
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Texas
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Not Available
French Name
allemand
bosniaque
German Name
Deutsch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Germans
Bosniaks
Origin
6th Century AD
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
bosn1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
German 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 German and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Bosnian language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common German Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Bosnian Difficulty
The German vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.