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Turkish vs Bosnian


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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
University of Sarajevo  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
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
Merhaba  
Zdravo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Dobro jutro  

Please
lütfen  
molim vas  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Oprostite  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
13,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
660,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
3.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Not Available  

French Name
turc  
bosniaque  

German Name
Türkisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
19th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Bosnian  

Language Position
19  
17
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
bos  

ISO 639 3
tur  
bos  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
boss  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
bosn1245  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Turkish and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Bosnian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 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 Turkish and Bosnian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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