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Italian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Zdravo  

Thank You
grazie  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Per Favore  
molim vas  

Sorry
scusate  
Oprostite  

Bye
arrivederci  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Italiano  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
italien  
bosniaque  

German Name
Italienisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
960 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Bosnian  

Language Position
27  
25
24  
22

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
bos  

ISO 639 3
ita  
bos  

ISO 639 6
itas  
boss  

Glottocode
ital1282  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Italian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Bosnian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Bosnian Language History.

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

Italian vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Italian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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