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Serbian vs Urdu


Urdu vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
India   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
40   
29

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
الوداع   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
India   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
South Asia   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
43.00 million   
14

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Bihari   

French Name
serbe   
ourdou   

German Name
Serbisch   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11th Century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
44   
33
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
urd   

ISO 639 3
srp   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Serbian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Urdu language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Serbian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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