Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Serbia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
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French Name
serbe
bosniaque
German Name
Serbisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Origin
11th Century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Bosnian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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boss
Glottocode
serb1264
bosn1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Serbian 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 Serbian and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Bosnian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.