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Serbian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs 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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Serbian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Kurdish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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