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Bosnian vs Persian


Persian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
سلام  

Thank You
Hvala  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
صبح به خیر  

Please
molim vas  
لطفا  

Sorry
Oprostite  
متاسف  

Bye
Zbogom  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Volim te  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
bosniaque  
persan  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Persian people  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Persian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
per  

ISO 639 3
bos  
pes  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Persian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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