Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
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 in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kajkavian
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Slovenia
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.