Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  
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 in
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
  
Kajkavian
  
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
3.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
Kurdish and Bosnian 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 Kurdish and Bosnian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Bosnian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Bosnian word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Bosnian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Bosnian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Bosnian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Bosnian 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 Kurdish and Bosnian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Bosnian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Bosnian time required is 44 weeks.