Bosnian
Facts
- Language: Bosnian
- Alternate names: bosanski jezik
- Language code: bos
- Language family: Indo-European, Classical Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South Slavic, Western South Slavic, Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian, Shtokavski, New Shtokavian, Eastern Herzegovinian Shtokavian
- Number of speakers: 4000000
- Script: Latin script
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Introduction
Bosnian language is a South Slavic language native to the Bosniak people. The language is notably spoken in the areas of Bosnia, the Bosniak-dominated region of Sandžak (in Serbia and Montenegro) and elsewhere. The Serbian, Croatian, and Bosniak languages are all mutually intelligible, and was previously unified with under the standard known as Serbo-Croatian.
The verb
The main tenses used in Bosnian language are:
- Present tense
- Past tense
- Future tense
- Pluperfect
- Future perfect
- Imperative
- Conditional
Sample verb: čitati
Present
| Person | Present Indicative |
| Sg.1 | čitam |
| Sg.2 | čitaš |
| Sg.3 | čita |
| Pl.1 | čitamo |
| Pl.2 | čitate |
| Pl.3 | čitaju |