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Russian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Russia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
molim vas  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Oprostite  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Русский  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
russe  
bosniaque  

German Name
Russisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Bosnian  

Language Position
7  
7
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
bos  

ISO 639 3
rus  
bos  

ISO 639 6
rus  
boss  

Glottocode
russ1263  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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All Russian and Bosnian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Bosnian Speaking population

Russian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Bosnian on Russian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Bosnian Language Codes

Russian and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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