Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
German and English Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
dankjewel
Hvala
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Kako si?
Good Night
goede Nacht
Laku noc
Good Evening
goedenavond
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
Dobar dan
Good Morning
goedemorgen
Dobro jutro
Please
alsjeblieft
molim vas
I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Volim te
Excuse Me
pardon
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gronings
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Croatia
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Not Available
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
bosniaque
German Name
Niederländisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Dutch people
Bosniaks
Origin
AD 450-500
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
boss
Glottocode
mode1257
bosn1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Dutch 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 Dutch and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Bosnian language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Dutch vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.