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Kurdish and Bosnian


Bosnian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
University of Sarajevo   

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

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Serbian and Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Zdravo   

Thank You
Sipas   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Kako si?   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Laku noc   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Dobro veće   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Dobar dan   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Bê zehmet   
molim vas   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Oprostite   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Zbogom   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Shtokavian   

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Croatia   

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Kajkavian   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Croatia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
3.00 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
kurde   
bosniaque   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Bosnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[bɔ̌sanskiː]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Bosniaks   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
19th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kurdish   
Bosnian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
bs   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
bos   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
bos   

ISO 639 3
kur   
bos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
boss   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
bosn1245   

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Kurdish and Bosnian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Kurdish and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Bosnian Speaking population

Kurdish and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Kurdish and Bosnian on Kurdish vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Bosnian Language Codes

Kurdish and Bosnian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Bosnian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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