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Korean vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Hangul  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Zdravo  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Hvala  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Kako si?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Dobro jutro  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
molim vas  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Oprostite  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Zbogom  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Croatia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
Not Available  

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Not Available  

French Name
coréen  
bosniaque  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
19th Century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Bosnian  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
bos  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
kore1280  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Korean and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Bosnian language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Bosnian Language History.

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

Korean vs Bosnian Difficulty

The Korean vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.

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