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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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