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Bosnian vs Korean


Korean vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
21   
18

How Many Consonants
25   
15
19   
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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
10,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Gyeongsang   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Hamgyŏng   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
China, North Korea   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.14 %   
16

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   

History

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   
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Bosnian and Korean Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Korean language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean Language History.

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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.

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