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German vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Danke  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Dobro jutro  

Please
bitte  
molim vas  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Oprostite  

Bye
Tschüs  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Not Available  

French Name
allemand  
bosniaque  

German Name
Deutsch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Bosnian  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
bos  

ISO 639 3
deu  
bos  

ISO 639 6
deus  
boss  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of German vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Bosnian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD whereas history of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on German and Bosnian Language History.

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German 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 German and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Bosnian language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common German Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

German vs Bosnian Difficulty

The German vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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