Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th 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
Spanish and Galician Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
Como você está?
Kako si?
Good Night
boa noite
Laku noc
Good Evening
boa Noite
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
boa Tarde
Dobar dan
Good Morning
bom Dia
Dobro jutro
Please
Por Favor
molim vas
I Love You
Eu te amo
Volim te
Excuse Me
desculpe me
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Brazil
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
European Portuguese
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Portugal
Croatia
Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Daman and Diu
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Português
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Português
Not Available
French Name
portugais
bosniaque
German Name
Portugiesisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses
Bosniaks
Origin
3rd Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Medieval Galician
No early forms
Standard Forms
Portuguese
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
boss
Glottocode
port1283
bosn1245
Linguasphere
51-AAA-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Portuguese and Bosnian language. Portuguese word for "Hello" is Olá or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Portuguese Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Portuguese vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Portuguese vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.