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Kurdish and Serbian


Serbian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Serbian-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   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Silaw   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Sipas   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Şev xweş   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Evare baş   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Bayanit bash   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Bê zehmet   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Bibûre   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Be xêr çî   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
10
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
12
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %   
39
Not Available   

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Montenegrin   

French Name
kurde   
serbe   

German Name
Kurdisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Kurds   
Serbs   

History

Origin
16th century CE   
11th 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   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ku   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
kur   
srp   

ISO 639 3
kur   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kurd1259   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Kurdish and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Serbian Speaking population

Kurdish and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian 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 Serbian on Kurdish vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Serbian Language Codes

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

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