Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
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Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Volim te
Excuse Me
Më falni
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Croatia
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Not Available
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French Name
albanais
bosniaque
German Name
Albanisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Bosniaks
Origin
1462 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available
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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
ISO 639 6
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boss
Glottocode
alba1267
bosn1245
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Albanian 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 Albanian and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Bosnian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.