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Alphabet in Bosnian Language
Understanding the Bosnian alphabet is essential in learning the Bosnian Language. Bosnian alphabet configuration is applied in a daily conversation. With out the Bosnian alphabet, it is difficult to say the Bosnian words and phrases properly even if you can write those words in Bosnian. Learn More
Like any language, the better you articulate a letter in a word, the more understood you’ll be in talking the Bosnian language. Here are web links that guides you to the Bosnian alphabet and how it can be pronounced in English.
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Vowels in Bosnian Alphabet
| like 'a' in "above" | a |
| like 'e' in "enemy" | e |
| like 'i' in "sing" | i |
| like 'o' in "opera" | o |
| like 'u' in "put" | u |
Consonants in Bosnian Alphabet
| Bosnian/Serbo-Croatian consonants are crisper than their counterparts in the English language. Approximating the corresponding consonants in | |
| Italian or Russian is closer to their true pronunciation. | |
| like 'b' in "bed" | b |
| like 'ts' at the end of "cats" (never like an "s" or "k") | c |
| pronounced like "ch" as in "church", but with the tongue up on the roof of the mouth | č |
| like "tch" as in "catch", but softer, with tongue behind top front teeth | ć |
| like 'd' in "dog" | d |
| very close to "j" as in judge, with tongue up on the roof of the mouth; very seldom used | dž |
| like "j" as in "judge", but softer, with tongue behind top front teeth; hardly used at the beginning of the word | đ |
| like 'f' in "fish" | f |
| like 'g' in "go" (never pronounced like the "g" in "large") | g |
| a little more emphasized than the 'h' in "help", somewhat close to the Spanish jota (j), pronounced in the throat. Usually an aspirated sound like the 'ck' in "brick" | h |
| like 'y' in "yellow" | j |
| like 'k' in "kite" | k |
| like 'l' in "love" | l |
| like the "li" sound in "million". Combo of the Bosnian/SC "l" "j" sounds together | lj |
| like 'm' in "mother" | m |
| like 'n' in "nice" | n |
| like "ny" in "canyon" Like the Spanish " ñ " sound. | nj |
| like 'p' in "pappy" | p |
| rolled slightly, like the Spanish r in "pero" | r |
| like 's' in "sun" | s |
| like "sh" in "sheep", with tongue raised toward roof of mouth | š |
| like 't' in "top" | t |
| like 'v' in "victory" | v |
| like 'z' in "haze" | z |
| like the "s" in "measure", with tongue raised toward roof of mouth | ž |
Semi Vowels/ Diphthongs in Bosnian Alphabet
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