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Bosnian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Austria  

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  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
bok  

Thank You
Hvala  
hvala  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
kako si  

Good Night
Laku noc  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
dobro jutro  

Please
molim vas  
molim  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Oprostite  

Bye
Zbogom  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Volim te  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Chakavian  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
Not Available  
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hrvatski  

French Name
bosniaque  
croate  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Croats  

History

Origin
19th Century  
9th century  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
bos  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
croa1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Croatian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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