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Croatian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Zdravo   

Thank You
hvala   
Hvala   

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   

Please
molim   
molim vas   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Oprostite   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Volim te   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
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   

History

Origin
9th century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Bosnian   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
bos   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
croa1245   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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