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Bosnian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Hvala   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
günaydın   

Please
molim vas   
lütfen   

Sorry
Oprostite   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Zbogom   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Volim te   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
bosniaque   
turc   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Turkish   

History

Origin
19th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
tur   

ISO 639 3
bos   
tur   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Bosnian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Turkish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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