Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
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.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Romanian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Volim te
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Më falni
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Croatia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Origin
19th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
alba1267
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
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.