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Serbian and Bosnian


Bosnian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
25   
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Kako si?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
molim vas   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Oprostite   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
3.00 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Not Available   

French Name
serbe   
bosniaque   

German Name
Serbisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
11th Century   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Bosnian   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
bos   

ISO 639 3
srp   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
serb1264   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Bosnian Speaking population

Serbian and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available 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 Serbian and Bosnian on Serbian vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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