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Bosnian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
hej  

Thank You
Hvala  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Laku noc  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
god morgon  

Please
molim vas  
vänligen  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ledsen  

Bye
Zbogom  
hej då  

I Love You
Volim te  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Dialects  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
78,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
78,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
France  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
96,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
bosniaque  
suédois  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
19th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
Not Available  
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
swe  

ISO 639 3
bos  
swe  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Bosnian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Swedish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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