Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Hello
Zdravo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Hvala
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Kako si?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Laku noc
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Dobro veće
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
molim vas
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Oprostite
жал (žal)
I Love You
Volim te
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Debar
Where They Speak
Croatia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Croatia
Macedonia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
bosniaque
macédonien
German Name
Bosnisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
Macedonians
Origin
19th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Bosnian
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
boss
Not Available
Glottocode
bosn1245
mace1250
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic
Bosnian and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Macedonian language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.