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Persian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Zdravo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Hvala  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Dobro jutro  

Please
لطفا  
molim vas  

Sorry
متاسف  
Oprostite  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Zbogom  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
15
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
33
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
32
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
21
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
فارسی  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
persan  
bosniaque  

German Name
Persisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Iranian  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Bosnian  

Language Position
23  
21
24  
22

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
bos  

ISO 639 3
pes  
bos  

ISO 639 6
pers  
boss  

Glottocode
fars1254  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Persian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Bosnian language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian and Bosnian Language History.

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

Persian vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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