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Bosnian vs Slovene


Slovene vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Halo   

Thank You
Hvala   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Dobro jutro   

Please
molim vas   
Prosim   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Oprostite   

Bye
Zbogom   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Prekmurje Slovene   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
48   
31

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
bosniaque   
slovène   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
19th Century   
972-1093   

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   
Slovene   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
slv   

ISO 639 3
bos   
slv   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Bosnian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Slovene language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Slovene Difficulty

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

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