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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Australia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
15,800 in Australia (2016 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Austria
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
34,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Canada
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
12,200 in Canada (2016 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Croatia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
16,900 in Croatia (2011 census). Ethnic population: 31,500 (2011 census).
Location
Dubrovnik-Neretva, Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Sisak-Moslavina, Split-Dalmatia, Vukovar-Syrmia, and Zagreb City.
Alternate Names
Serbo-Croatian
Dialects
Ijekavían, Ikavian.
Language Status
5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2002, Constitutional Law on the Rights of Minorities, Article 15).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb].
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Denmark
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
16,800 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Finland
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
2,360 in Finland (2018 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Germany
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
211,000 in Germany (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Italy
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
20,700 in Italy (2012 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Luxembourg
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
1,960 in Luxembourg (2011 census).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Montenegro
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
36,700 in Montenegro (2011 census).
Location
Gusinje, Petnijica, Plav, and Rožaje municipalities.
Dialects
Ijekavían, Ikavian.
Language Status
5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2006, Minority Rights Law, No. 31-06, Article 2).
Other Comments
Influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb].
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North Macedonia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
8,560 in North Macedonia (2002 census). Ethnic population: 17,000 (2002 census).
Location
Petrovec, Skopje, Veles and Zelenikovo municipalities.
Alternate Names
Serbo-Croatian
Language Status
5* (Dispersed).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Norway
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
18,700 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Serbia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
172,000 in Serbia (2013 UNSD), including 33,000 in Kosovo (2021 World Factbook).
Location
Raška district: Novi Pazar and Tutin municipalities; Zlatibor district: Priboj, Prijepolje, and Sjenica municipalities.
Alternate Names
Serbo-Croatian
Dialects
Ijekavían, Ikavian.
Language Status
4 (Educational). Statutory language of provincial identity in Bujanovac, Medveda, Presevo (1991, Official Language Use Law No. 45, Article 3).
Language Development
Taught in primary schools, in minority-language schools.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. Influences from Turkish [tur] and Arabic [arb].
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Slovenia
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
31,500 in Slovenia (2003 UNSD).
Language Status
5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2000, Slovenian Ratification, ECRML).
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Spain
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
1,190 in Spain (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Sweden
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
6,720 in Sweden (2020 census), based on nationality.
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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Turkey
Language Name
Bosnian
User Population
112,000 in Turkey (2019).
Language Status
Unestablished.
Other Comments
Non-indigenous.
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