Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Zdravo
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Kako si?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Laku noc
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Dobro veće
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
molim vas
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Zbogom
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
bosniaque
  
coréen
  
German Name
Bosnisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
  
Koreans
  
Origin
19th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Bosnian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bs
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bos
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
bos
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
bos
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
boss
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bosn1245
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Bosnian and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Korean language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Korean Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.