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Urdu vs Bosnian


Bosnian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Pakistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
University of Sarajevo   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Zdravo   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Hvala   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Kako si?   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Dobro jutro   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
molim vas   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Oprostite   

Bye
الوداع   
Zbogom   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
13,000,000.00   
11

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
India   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
28

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Croatia   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
3.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
3.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Not Available   

French Name
ourdou   
bosniaque   

German Name
Urdu   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Bosnian   

Language Position
20   
18
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
bos   

ISO 639 3
urd   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
bosn1245   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Bosnian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Bosnian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Bosnian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Bosnian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Bosnian Difficulty

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

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