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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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