Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
University of Sarajevo
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
Similar To
Serbian and Croatian
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Zdravo
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Hvala
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Kako si?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Laku noc
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Dobro veće
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Dobar dan
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
molim vas
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Zbogom
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Oprostite
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Shtokavian
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
3.50 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
bosniaque
  
serbe
  
German Name
Bosnisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Bosniaks
  
Serbs
  
Origin
19th Century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Bosnian
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bs
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bos
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
bos
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
bos
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
boss
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bosn1245
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Bosnian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Serbian language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bosnian vs Serbian Difficulty
The Bosnian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Serbian 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 Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.