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Bosnian vs Danish


Danish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
20  
17

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
God nat  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
God morgen  

Please
molim vas  
Please  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Zbogom  
Farvel  

I Love You
Volim te  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Scanian  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Island of Bornholm  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
bosniaque  
danois  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
19th Century  
c. 1100 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 Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Rigsdansk  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
dan  

ISO 639 3
bos  
dan  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Bosnian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Danish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 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 Danish Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Danish Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Danish 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 Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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