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Things to know about Bosnian

Bosnian is a South-Slavic language, closely related to both Croatian and Serbian. It is spoken in the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in parts of Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro.

Typing Bosnian Characters

Bosnian is written in a variation of the Latin alphabet that includes a number of special characters. There are two methods for typing these characters.

The simplest method is to use the character suggestions. To do so, type the base character for the letter you want (such as d for đ), then select the special character from the set of characters which appears.

The other method is to use the virtual keyboard with the layout set to Bosnian. (If necessary, you can change the layout by clicking Settings and selecting an option in the Keyboard Language menu.)

Locate the character you want on the virtual keyboard, then click on it or press the corresponding key on your physical keyboard. Note, however, that the positions of some letters are not the same as on the English keyboard, so you will need to look carefully as you type. Capital letters are available by holding down the Shift key.

See Typing Accents and Special Characters for details on both typing methods.


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