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Resources For Studying Slavic Languages

Studying foreign languages familiarizes one with the history, geography, culture, and traditions of another country. It helps to better understand and interact with people from different countries. This guide recommends sources available at the UO & more.

Bosnian

Bosnian Language Textbooks and Dictionaries

Print and Electronic Books

Alexander, Ronelle, and Elias-Bursać, Ellen. Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian : a Textbook with Exercises and Basic Grammar. 2nd ed. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsin Press, 2010.

Alexander, Ronelle. Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, a Grammar : with Sociolinguistic Commentary. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. 

Uzicanin, Nikolina S. Bosnian-English, English-Bosnian Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1996. 

Benson, Morton. Standardni Englesko-Srpskohrvatski, Srpskohrvatsko-Engleski Rečnik : Rečnik Bosanskog, Hrvatskog, i Srpskog Standarda = Standard English--Serbo-Croatian, Serbo-Croatian--English Dictionary : a Dictionary of Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian Standards. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Օnline Resource

A Handbook of Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian by Wayles Brown and Theresa Alt. From the Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Center (SEELRC) at Duke University.

Phrases and Phrasebooks

Phrasebooks

Kroll, Susan and others. Bosnian-English English-Bosnian Dictionary and Phrasebook. Hippocrene Books 1998.

Phrases

Online access to Useful Bosnian Phrases via Omniglot

This screen capture is a part of a table containing useful phrases in both English and Bosnian. The page states that this is "a collection of useful phrases in Bosnian for almost every occasion." Follow the "Online Access" to get to the complete table.