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Persian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Zdravo  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Hvala  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Dobro jutro  

Please
لطفا  
molim vas  

Sorry
متاسف  
Oprostite  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Zbogom  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Not Available  

French Name
persan  
bosniaque  

German Name
Persisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Bosnian  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
bos  

ISO 639 3
pes  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
fars1254  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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All Persian and Bosnian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Persian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Persian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Persian are spoken in different Persian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Persian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Persian dialects include: Western Persian, Dari Persian. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Persian and Bosnian Speaking population

Persian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Persian and Bosnian on Persian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Bosnian Language Codes

Persian and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Persian and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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