Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Not Available
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
How Are You?
kako si
Kako si?
Good Night
laku noć
Laku noc
Good Evening
dobra večer
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Dobar dan
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Dobro jutro
Sorry
Oprostite
Oprostite
I Love You
Volim te
Volim te
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Croatia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
hrvatski
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Not Available
French Name
croate
bosniaque
German Name
Kroatisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Croats
Bosniaks
Origin
9th century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
boss
Glottocode
croa1245
bosn1245
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
All Croatian and Bosnian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Bosnian Speaking population
Croatian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Bosnian on Croatian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Bosnian Language Codes
Croatian and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.