Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Zdravo
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Kako si?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Laku noc
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Dobro veće
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
molim vas
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Zbogom
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
bosniaque
  
amharique
  
German Name
Bosnisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
  
Amharas
  
Origin
19th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Bosnian
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bs
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bos
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
bos
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
bos
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
boss
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bosn1245
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Bosnian and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Amharic language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.