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Bosnian vs Albanian


Albanian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Romanian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Hvala  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
mirëmengjes  

Please
molim vas  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Me fal  

Bye
Zbogom  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Volim te  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Gheg Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
bosniaque  
albanais  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Albanians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Albanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
alb  

ISO 639 3
bos  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Albanian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. 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 Albanian Language History.

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Bosnian and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Albanian language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Albanian Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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