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Bosnian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
26   
16

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Hvala   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
molim vas   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
жал (žal)   

Bye
Zbogom   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
bosniaque   
macédonien   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
mac   

ISO 639 3
bos   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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

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Bosnian and Macedonian Speaking population

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

Bosnian and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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