Countries
Macedonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
University of Sarajevo
Interesting Facts
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian 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
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets in
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Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Zdravo
Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
Hvala
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kako si?
Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Laku noc
Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Dobar dan
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Dobro jutro
Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
molim vas
Sorry
жал (žal)
Oprostite
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Debar
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Croatia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Not Available
French Name
macédonien
bosniaque
German Name
Makedonisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Bosniaks
Origin
2200 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Not Available
Branch
Southern
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Bosnian
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
boss
Glottocode
mace1250
bosn1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Macedonian and Bosnian language. Macedonian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Macedonian Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Macedonian vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Macedonian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Macedonian 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 Macedonian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Macedonian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Macedonian is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.