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Serbian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs 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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Serbian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Kurdish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Kurdish Language History.

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Serbian 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 Serbian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Kurdish language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Serbian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian 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 Serbian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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