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Bosnian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs 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
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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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Bosnian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Bosnian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Bosnian and Kurdish language. History of Bosnian language states that this language originated in 19th Century whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Bosnian and Kurdish Language History.

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Bosnian and Kurdish 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 Bosnian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bosnian and Kurdish language. Bosnian word for "Hello" is Zdravo or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Bosnian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Bosnian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Bosnian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bosnian Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Bosnian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bosnian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bosnian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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