BOS ISO 639-3
Bosnian
Bosanski jezik Autonym
A language of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- ISO 639
- bos
- Alternate Names
- Serbo-Croatian
- Autonym
- Bosanski jezik
- Population
- 2,010,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 2,697,720.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Federation Constitution, Article 6(1)).
- Classification
- Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western
- Dialects
- Ijekavían, Ikavian. Lexical similarity: with Serbian [srp] and Croatian [hrv]. A member of macrolanguage Serbo-Croatian [hbs].
- Typology
- SVO; prepositions; gender (masculine/feminine/neuter); vestiges of dual number; case-marking (7 cases); verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject (in past tense); passives; tense and aspect; 25 consonant and 5 vowel phonemes; pitch stress.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 97%. Dictionary. Bible: 2013.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bosnian
- Writing
- Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- There are influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb]. Muslim, Christian, Jewish.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Austria
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
34,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Australia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
15,800 in Australia (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Canada
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
12,200 in Canada (2016 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Germany
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
211,000 in Germany (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Denmark
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
16,800 in Denmark (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Spain
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
1,190 in Spain (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Finland
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
2,360 in Finland (2018 census).
- Location
- Dubrovnik-Neretva, Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Sisak-Moslavina, Split-Dalmatia, Vukovar-Syrmia, and Zagreb City.
- Dialects
- Ijekavían, Ikavian.
- Language Status
- 2 (Provincial)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb]. View other languages of Croatia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
16,900 in Croatia (2011 census). Ethnic population: 31,500 (2011 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Italy
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
20,700 in Italy (2012 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Luxembourg
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
1,960 in Luxembourg (2011 census).
- Location
- Gusinje, Petnijica, Plav, and Rožaje municipalities.
- Dialects
- Ijekavían, Ikavian.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb]. View other languages of Montenegro
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
36,700 in Montenegro (2011 census).
- Location
- Petrovec, Skopje, Veles and Zelenikovo municipalities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of North Macedonia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
8,560 in North Macedonia (2002 census). Ethnic population: 17,000 (2002 census).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Norway
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
18,700 in Norway (2021 census). , based on nationality.
- Location
- Raška district: Novi Pazar and Tutin municipalities; Zlatibor district: Priboj, Prijepolje, and Sjenica municipalities.
- Dialects
- Ijekavían, Ikavian.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. Influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb]. View other languages of Serbia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
139,000 in Serbia (2013 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Sweden
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
6,720 in Sweden (2020 census). , based on nationality.
- Language Status
- 5 (Dispersed)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Slovenia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
31,500 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD).
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Turkey
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
112,000 in Turkey (2019).
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