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Swedish vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Zdravo  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Hvala  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Kako si?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Dobro jutro  

Please
vänligen  
molim vas  

Sorry
ledsen  
Oprostite  

Bye
hej då  
Zbogom  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
13,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
France  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Svenska  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
suédois  
bosniaque  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
13th Century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Bosnian  

Language Position
89  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
bos  

ISO 639 3
swe  
bos  

ISO 639 6
swe  
boss  

Glottocode
swed1254  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swedish and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Bosnian language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Bosnian Language History.

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

Swedish vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Swedish vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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