Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Council for German Orthography
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kako si?
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
Laku noc
gute Nacht
Good Evening
Dobro veće
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
guten Tag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
guten Morgen
Sorry
Oprostite
Verzeihung
I Love You
Volim te
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Croatia
Germany
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Texas German
Where They Speak
Croatia
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Not Available
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
bosniaque
allemand
German Name
Bosnisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Germans
Origin
19th Century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bosn1245
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
All Bosnian and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bosnian and German Speaking population
Bosnian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Bosnian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bosnian and German Language Codes
Bosnian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.