Bosnian

bosanski jezik

Bosnian is a language, spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Turkey. Wikidata counts about 3.5 m speakers (2008). Wikidata describes it as “South Slavic language; a standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language”.

1 · NationalGaj's Latin alphabet 3.5 m

Wikidata record Glottolog

At a glance

ISO 639-3: bos
ISO 639-1: bs
Glottocode: bosn1245
Family: unclassified
EGIDS: 1 National
UNESCO: Safe
Centre point: 44.00, 18.00
Wikipedia: 141 language editions

—first-language speakers

—second-language speakers

4countries

1scripts

—levels in the tree

1EGIDS level

Facts

Name	Bosnian · bosanski jezik
Also called	Bosnian language, Bosanski, Bosniak, Bosniak language
All speakers	3,500,000 (2008)
Written in	Gaj's Latin alphabet
Official in	Bosnia and Herzegovina

Vitality

EGIDS 1 National1

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level

UNESCO: Safe

Languages at this level

where it is spoken

Map and countries

A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Map of the area where Bosnian is spoken — Map: Fobos92 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bosnia and Herzegovinaofficial · 8 languages in the index Croatia17 languages in the index Montenegro9 languages in the index Turkey40 languages in the index

Also spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina

romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangered hbsSerbo-CroatianIndo-European · 19 m srpSerbianunclassified · 9 m1 · National hrvCroatianIndo-European · 7 m1 · National yidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangered rmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · Threatened chuChurch SlavonicIndo-European6b · Threatened