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Serbian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
11   
5

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
günaydın   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
lütfen   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
serbe   
turc   

German Name
Serbisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Turkish   

History

Origin
11th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
44   
33
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
tur   

ISO 639 3
srp   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Serbian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Turkish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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