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Bosnian vs Abkhaz


Abkhaz vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Abkhazia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Adyghe language, Abaza language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Caucasian languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
62   
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
2   
1

How Many Consonants
25   
15
60   
36

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
27 weeks   
8

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)   

Thank You
Hvala   
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)   

Please
molim vas   
Not Available   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Not Available   

Bye
Zbogom   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Bzyb   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Caucasus   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Sadz   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Turkey   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Abxazo, Abkhazian   

French Name
bosniaque   
abkhaze   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Abchasisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
19th Century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Abkhaz   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ab   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
abk   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
abk   

ISO 639 3
bos   
abk   

ISO 639 6
boss   
abks   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
abkh1244   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Bosnian and Abkhaz Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Abkhaz language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Abkhaz language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Abkhaz language states that this language originated in c. 1650. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Abkhaz Language History.

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Bosnian and Abkhaz Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Abkhaz language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Abkhaz Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.

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