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Bosnian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Bosnian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
University of Sarajevo  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
  • The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Serbian and Croatian  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Zdravo  
Silaw  

Thank You
Hvala  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Kako si?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Laku noc  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Dobro veće  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Dobar dan  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Bayanit bash  

Please
molim vas  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Bibûre  

Bye
Zbogom  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Shtokavian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
34
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kajkavian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
3.50 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Bosanski Jezik  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
bosniaque  
kurde  

German Name
Bosnisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Bosniaks  
Kurds  

History

Origin
19th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Bosnian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
24  
22
14  
13

Signed Forms
Bosnian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bs  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bos  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
bos  
kur  

ISO 639 3
bos  
kur  

ISO 639 6
boss  
kur  

Glottocode
bosn1245  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Bosnian and Kurdish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bosnian and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Bosnian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bosnian are spoken in different Bosnian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bosnian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian, Chakavian. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Bosnian and Kurdish Speaking population

Bosnian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bosnian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Bosnian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bosnian and Kurdish on Bosnian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bosnian and Kurdish Language Codes

Bosnian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bosnian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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