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Bosnian vs Urdu


Urdu vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
India  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
40  
29

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Hvala  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Laku noc  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
molim vas  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Oprostite  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Zbogom  
الوداع  

I Love You
Volim te  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Dakhini  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
11
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
India  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bihari  

French Name
bosniaque  
ourdou  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19th Century  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
Not Available  
20  
18

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
urd  

ISO 639 3
bos  
urd  

ISO 639 6
boss  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Bosnian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Urdu language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Bosnian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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