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Bosnian and Russian


Russian and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic   

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   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Hvala   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
molim vas   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Zbogom   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Olonets   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
bosniaque   
russe   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Russians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
rus   

ISO 639 3
bos   
rus   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-ea   

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

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Bosnian and Russian Speaking population

Bosnian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Bosnian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Russian Language Codes

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

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