Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Serbo-Croatian
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2530
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2025
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Halo
Zdravo
Thank You
Hvala
Hvala
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Kako si?
Good Night
Lahko noč
Laku noc
Good Evening
Dober večer
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Dobro jutro
Please
Prosim
molim vas
Sorry
Oprostite
Oprostite
Bye
Nasvidenje
Zbogom
I Love You
Ljubim te
Volim te
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
80,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Resian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Styrian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
486
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
slovène
bosniaque
German Name
Slowenisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Bosniaks
Origin
972-1093
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovene
Bosnian
Language Position
2824
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
bos
ISO 639 2/B
slv
bos
ISO 639 3
slv
bos
ISO 639 6
slv
boss
Glottocode
slov1268
bosn1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
-