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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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