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Bosnian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Halo   

Thank You
Hvala   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
molim vas   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Oprostite   
maaf   

Bye
Zbogom   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Volim te   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Sundanese   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
bosniaque   
indonésien   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
19th Century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
ind   

ISO 639 3
bos   
ind   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Bosnian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Indonesian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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