Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
University of Sarajevo
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
tschao
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
amharique
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
13th century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Bosnian language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Amharic vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.