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Bosnian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Middle East   

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo   
Silaw   

Thank You
Hvala   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Kako si?   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Laku noc   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Dobro veće   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
Bayanit bash   

Please
molim vas   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Bibûre   

Bye
Zbogom   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
11
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
28
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Kajkavian   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
bosniaque   
kurde   

German Name
Bosnisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bosniaks   
Kurds   

History

Origin
19th Century   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Bosnian   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bs   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
bos   
kur   

ISO 639 3
bos   
kur   

ISO 639 6
boss   
Not Available   

Glottocode
bosn1245   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bosnian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Kurdish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Bosnian and Kurdish Language History.

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Bosnian and Kurdish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Bosnian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Kurdish language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Kurdish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Bosnian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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