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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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