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Italian vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
French and Portuguese Languages   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
Zdravo   

Thank You
grazie   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Per Favore   
molim vas   

Sorry
scusate   
Oprostite   

Bye
arrivederci   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

Native Name
Italiano   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Not Available   

French Name
italien   
bosniaque   

German Name
Italienisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
960 BC   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Bosnian   

Language Position
27   
23
Not Available   

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
bos   

ISO 639 3
ita   
bos   

ISO 639 6
itas   
boss   

Glottocode
ital1282   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Italian and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Bosnian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Bosnian Language History.

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

Italian vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Italian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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