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Serbian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Serbian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
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
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Silaw   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Sipas   

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Evare baş   

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

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Bibûre   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Be xêr çî   

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

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Northern Kurdish   

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

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Southern Kurdish   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Not Available   

French Name
serbe   
kurde   

German Name
Serbisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Kurds   

History

Origin
11th 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
Standard Serbian   
Kurdish   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
kur   

ISO 639 3
srp   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Serbian and Kurdish Speaking population

Serbian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Serbian and Kurdish on Serbian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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