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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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