Bosnian language facts for kids

Bosnian
	bosanski/босански
Pronunciation	[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Native to	Bosnia and neighboring regions, Bosnian diaspora
Native speakers	2.5–3.5 million (date missing); (number is ambiguous)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western Bosnian; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Gaj); Cyrillic (Serbian); Bosnian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro
Recognised minority language in	Albania; Serbia; Macedonia; Kosovo
Linguasphere	part of 53-AAA-g
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Bosnian is language of Bosniaks spoken mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in the surrounding countries of Europe.

Images for kids

School book of Latin and Bosnian, 1827
Bosnian Grammar, 1890
Old Bosnian alphabets: bosančica (top line) and arebica (bottom line), compared with contemporary latinica (middle line)
A cigarette warning "Smoking seriously harms you and others around you", ostensibly in three languages. The "Bosnian" and "Croatian" versions are identical and the "Serbian" is a transliteration of the same.
Nauk krstjanski za narod slovinski, by Matija Divković, the first Bosnian printed book. Published in Venice, 1611
Bosnian dictionary by Muhamed Hevaji Uskufi Bosnevi, 1631
Free Will and Acts of Faith WDL2986.pdf

The Free Will and Acts of Faith , manuscript from the early XIX century
Bosnian Book of the Science of Conduct WDL7479.pdf

The Bosnian Book of the Science of Conduct by 'Abdulwahāb b.' Abdulwahāb Žepčewī, 1831
Bosnian Grammar for High Schools. Parts 1 and 2, Study of Voice and Form WDL7482.pdf

Bosnian Grammar, 1890