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Russian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Russia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Zdravo   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Kako si?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
molim vas   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
Oprostite   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Olonets   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
Not Available   

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
Not Available   

Native Name
Русский   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Not Available   

French Name
russe   
bosniaque   

German Name
Russisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Bosnian   

Language Position
7   
7
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
bos   

ISO 639 3
rus   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
russ1263   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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All Russian 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 Russian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Bosnian Speaking population

Russian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % 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 Russian and Bosnian on Russian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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