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Bosnian vs Polish


Polish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
European Union, Poland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Poland   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
23   
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
cześć   

Thank You
Hvala   
dziękuję   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Jak się masz?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
dobranoc   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
dobry wieczór   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
dzień dobry   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Dzień dobry   

Please
molim vas   
proszę   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Przepraszam   

Bye
Zbogom   
do widzenia   

I Love You
Volim te   
kocham Cię   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
przepraszam   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Kashubian   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
108,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Masovian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Poland   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Silesian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Czech Republic, Poland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
510,000.00   
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
34   
27

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
40.00 million   
31

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.61 %   
25

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
40.00 million   
24

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Polski   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Polnisch, Polski   

French Name
bosniaque   
polonais   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Polnisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[ˈpɔlski]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Poles   

History

Origin
19th Century   
1270   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Polish and Middle Polish   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Polish   

Language Position
Not Available   
24   
20

Signed Forms
Not Available   
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
pl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
pol   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
pol   

ISO 639 3
bos   
pol   

ISO 639 6
boss   
pols   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
poli1260   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-cc   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Bosnian and Polish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Polish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Polish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270. 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 Polish Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Polish Difficulty

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

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