Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Spain
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
  
University of Sarajevo
  
Interesting Facts
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hola
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
Gràcies
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Com estàs?
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
Bona nit
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
Bona nit
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
Bona tarda
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
Bon dia
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Sisplau
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
Perdó!
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Adéu
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
T'estimo
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Dispensi!
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Valencian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Spain
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
4.10 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.10 million
  
28
Not Available
  
Native Name
català
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
catalan; valencien
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Katalanisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Catalan people
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
c. 1028
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Catalan
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Bosnian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ca
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
cat
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
cat
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
cat
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
stan1289
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Catalan and Bosnian 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 Catalan and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Bosnian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan Alphabets and Bosnian 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 Catalan and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.