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Bosnian vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Ukraine  

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Hvala  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Laku noc  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
molim vas  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Oprostite  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Zbogom  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Volim te  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.46 %  
30

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
39.00 million  
25

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
bosniaque  
ukrainien  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
19th Century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Slavic  

Branch
Not Available  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
Not Available  
26  
22

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
bos  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Bosnian and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Ukrainian language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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