Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Hvala
dankjewel
How Are You?
Kako si?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Laku noc
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Dobro veće
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
goedemorgen
Please
molim vas
alsjeblieft
I Love You
Volim te
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Oprostite
pardon
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Croatia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Not Available
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
bosniaque
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Bosnisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Dutch people
Origin
19th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
mode1257
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bosnian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Dutch language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.