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Bosnian vs German


German vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Council for German Orthography  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
9  
1

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
hallo  

Thank You
Hvala  
Danke  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
guten Morgen  

Please
molim vas  
bitte  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Zbogom  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Swiss German  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
bosniaque  
allemand  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Germans  

History

Origin
19th Century  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ger  

ISO 639 3
bos  
deu  

ISO 639 6
boss  
deus  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Bosnian and German Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and German language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 German Language History.

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

Bosnian vs German Difficulty

The Bosnian vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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