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Urdu vs Serbian


Serbian vs Urdu


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Pakistan  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

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

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
الوداع  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

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

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
India  
Southeastern Serbia  

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

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
India  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Torlakian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
Not Available  

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

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Montenegrin  

French Name
ourdou  
serbe  

German Name
Urdu  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Serbs  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
20  
18
44  
33

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
srp  

ISO 639 3
urd  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Urdu and Serbian Language History

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

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Urdu and Serbian 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 Urdu and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Serbian language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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