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Polish vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Poland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Zdravo  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Dobro jutro  

Please
proszę  
molim vas  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Oprostite  

Bye
do widzenia  
Zbogom  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
22
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
25
Not Available  

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Polski  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Not Available  

French Name
polonais  
bosniaque  

German Name
Polnisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
1270  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Bosnian  

Language Position
24  
20
Not Available  

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
bos  

ISO 639 3
pol  
bos  

ISO 639 6
pols  
boss  

Glottocode
poli1260  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
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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Polish and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Bosnian language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Bosnian Language History.

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

Polish vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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