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Hippocrene Compact Dictionary Bosnian-English English-Bosnian

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This is not very comprehensive Bosnian-English Dictionary but it serves a beginners purpose to start learning the language. It may not be the perfect introduction into Bosnian language (there are better Bosnian-English dictionaries out there) but it is concise and useful tool.

The dictionary is just good for a beginner, its a bit thin on vocabulary. Your also better off buying it straight from the publisher, it's cheaper that the used ones being sold!!

One could argue the need for a Bosnian dictionary - there are quite a few (dialectical?) differences between Bosnian and the manners of speaking in Croatia, Serbian, and Montenegro. But this dictionary is next to useless because it lacks anything beyond word-to-word translations, not taking into consideration the intricacies and double meanings in either English or Bosnian speach, such as homonyms or words with more than one meaning.

Anyone interested in learning Bosnian is better off buying a decent Serbian, Croatian or Serbo-Croatian dictionary (Bosnian tends to lean towards Serbian vocabulary and Croatian pronunciation) and find a native speaker to guide him or her.