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Armenian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Greek  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
29  
19

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
-  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
arménien  
kurde  

German Name
Armenisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
14  
13
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
kur  

ISO 639 3
hye  
kur  

ISO 639 6
hye  
kur  

Glottocode
arme1241  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Armenian and Kurdish Speaking population

Armenian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Armenian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Armenian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 % 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 Armenian and Kurdish on Armenian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Armenian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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