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Serbian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
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, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
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
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
serbe  
kurde  

German Name
Serbisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Kurds  

History

Origin
11th 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
Standard Serbian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
44  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
kur  

ISO 639 3
srp  
kur  

ISO 639 6
srp  
kur  

Glottocode
serb1264  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Serbian and Kurdish Speaking population

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

Serbian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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