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Bosnian and Greek


Greek and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Hvala   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
molim vas   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Zbogom   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
bosniaque   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
Not Available   
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
gre   

ISO 639 3
bos   
ell   

ISO 639 6
boss   
ells   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Bosnian and Greek Speaking population

Bosnian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Bosnian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Greek Language Codes

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

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