Home
Languagevs


Bosnian and Albanian


Albanian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Hvala   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
mirëmengjes   

Please
molim vas   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Me fal   

Bye
Zbogom   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Volim te   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Gheg Albanian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Tosk Albanian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
bosniaque   
albanais   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Albanians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Albanian   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
alb   

ISO 639 3
bos   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
alba1267   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Spoken Languages

Bosnian and Albanian Speaking population

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

Bosnian and Albanian Language Codes

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

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages