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Slovak vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Prosím  
molim vas  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
slovenčina  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
slovaque  
bosniaque  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
6th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Bosnian  

Language Position
27  
25
24  
22

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
bos  

ISO 639 3
slk  
bos  

ISO 639 6
slk  
boss  

Glottocode
slov1269  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Slovak and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Bosnian language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 Slovak and Bosnian Language History.

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

Slovak vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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