Bosnian | |
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bosanski/босански | |
Pronunciation | [bɔ̌sanskiː] |
Native to | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia, Kosovo and the Bosnian diaspora |
Native speakers
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2.5–3.5 million (2008) (number is ambiguous) |
Indo-European
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Latin (Gaj's alphabet) Cyrillic (Vuk's alphabet) Yugoslav Braille Formerly: Arabic (Arebica) Bosnian Cyrillic (Bosančica) |
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Official status | |
Official language in
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Recognised minority
language in |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | bs |
ISO 639-2 |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | bosn1245 |
Linguasphere | part of 53-AAA-g |
Bosnian i/ˈbɒzniən/ (bosanski/босански; [bɔ̌sanskiː]) is the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian mainly used by Bosniaks. Bosnian is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with Croatian and Serbian, and also an officially recognized minority or regional language in Serbia,Montenegro, and the Republic of Kosovo.
Bosnian uses both Latin and Cyrillic alphabet, with Latin in everyday use. It is notable among the varieties of Serbo-Croatian for a number of Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Persian loanwords, largely due to the language's interaction with those cultures through Islamic ties.