Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3030
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2525
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Zdravo
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Hvala
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kako si?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Laku noc
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Dobro jutro
Please
Молим (Molim)
molim vas
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Oprostite
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Zbogom
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Serbia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Torlakian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
8.70 million3.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
serbe
bosniaque
German Name
Serbisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Bosniaks
Origin
11th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Bosnian
Language Position
4424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sr
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
srp
bos
ISO 639 2/B
srp
bos
ISO 639 3
srp
bos
ISO 639 6
srp
boss
Glottocode
serb1264
bosn1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-