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
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
11
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
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Croatian 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 Croatian and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Bosnian language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Croatian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.