Countries
Japan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Japan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
University of Sarajevo
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Korean Language
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
3.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
japonais
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
1185
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Bosnian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Japanese vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.