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Urdu vs Serbian


Serbian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Pakistan   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Europe   

Minority Language
India   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
40   
29
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
سلام علیکم   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
براہ مہربانی   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
معاف کرنا   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
الوداع   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
India   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
India   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
Not Available   

Native Speakers
61.00 million   
19
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million   
14
Not Available   

Native Name
اُردُو   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Bihari   
Montenegrin   

French Name
ourdou   
serbe   

German Name
Urdu   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Serbs   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
20   
18
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ur   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
urd   
srp   

ISO 639 3
urd   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
urdu1245   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Serbian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. 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 Urdu and Serbian Language History.

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Urdu and Serbian 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 Urdu and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Serbian language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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