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Kurdish and Bosnian


Bosnian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
University of Sarajevo  

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

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Serbian and Croatian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Bosnian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Zdravo  

Thank You
Sipas  
Hvala  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Kako si?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Laku noc  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Dobro veće  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Dobro jutro  

Please
Bê zehmet  
molim vas  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Oprostite  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Zbogom  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Oprostite  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Shtokavian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Kajkavian  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Croatia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
20.00 million  
30

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

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Bosanski Jezik  

French Name
kurde  
bosniaque  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Bosnisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[bɔ̌sanskiː]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Bosniaks  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
19th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Bosnian  

Language Position
14  
13
24  
22

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Bosnian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
bs  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
bos  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
bos  

ISO 639 3
kur  
bos  

ISO 639 6
kur  
boss  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
bosn1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Kurdish and Bosnian 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 Kurdish and Bosnian dialects. Various dialects of Kurdish and Bosnian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Kurdish are spoken in different Kurdish Speaking Countries whereas Bosnian Dialects are spoken in different Bosnian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Kurdish vs Bosnian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish, Central Kurdish. Bosnian dialects include: Shtokavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Kurdish and Bosnian Speaking population

Kurdish and Bosnian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Bosnian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Bosnian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bosnian language is 0.13 %. 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 Kurdish and Bosnian on Kurdish vs Bosnian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Bosnian Language Codes

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

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