Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
University of Sarajevo
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
Similar To
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Serbian and Croatian
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Zdravo
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Kako si?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Laku noc
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Dobro veće
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Dobar dan
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
vänligen
  
molim vas
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
hej då
  
Zbogom
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
13,000,000.00
  
11
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Not Available
  
French Name
suédois
  
bosniaque
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Bosnisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Bosniaks
  
Origin
13th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Bosnian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
bs
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
bos
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
bos
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
bos
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
boss
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
bosn1245
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
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
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Bosnian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.