Are Croats and Bosnians the same?

Are Croats and Bosnians the same?

SOME 17m people in Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro speak variations of what used to be called Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian. Officially though, the language that once united Yugoslavia has, like the country, ceased to exist. Instead, it now has four names: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin.

What language is Serbo-Croatian?

Serbo-Croatian
Native to	Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo
Ethnicity	Bosniaks Croats Montenegrins Serbs
Native speakers	21 million (2011)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western South Slavic Serbo-Croatian

Can Bosnians understand Croatian?

The languages referred to as “Bosnian” “Croatian” and “Serbian” are one common language, albeit with different dialects. The truth is, despite Dalmatian being so different even to Croats in Zagreb, a Sarajevan can perfectly understand them.

Is Bosnian a Slavic language?

Bosnian is a member of the Slavic branch of Indo-European languages. Other Slavic languages include Russian, Polish and Ukrainian. Bosnian is a part of the South Slavic sub-group of Slavic. Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Slovene are also South Slavic languages.

Are Slavs and Slovaks the same?

Each of them is a Slavic language. They belong to the family of Slavic languages, because they have Ancient Slavic as their common ancestor. British English uses the word Slavonic instead, Slavic and Slavonic mean the same. Slovak is a Slavic or a Slavonic language.

What languages are Slavic?

Key to these peoples and cultures are the Slavic languages: Russian, Ukrainian, and Belorussian to the east; Polish, Czech, and Slovak to the west; and Slovenian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian, and Bulgarian to the south.