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Albanian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Ju lutem   
molim vas   

Sorry
Me fal   
Oprostite   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Zbogom   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
albanais   
bosniaque   

German Name
Albanisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
bos   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
alba1267   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Albanian 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 Albanian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Bosnian Speaking population

Albanian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. 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 Albanian and Bosnian on Albanian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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