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Albanian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
    •   
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
29  
19

Scripts
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
Përshëndetje  
Silaw  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Ju lutem  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Me fal  
Bibûre  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
albanais  
kurde  

German Name
Albanisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
14  
13
14  
13

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
kur  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
kur  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
kur  

Glottocode
alba1267  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Albanian and Kurdish Speaking population

Albanian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % 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 Albanian and Kurdish on Albanian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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