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Azerbaijani vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Azerbaijani


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Azerbaijan, Gambia  
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  
Middle East  

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

Regulated By
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
  • Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Turkish  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Osmanly language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Salam  
Silaw  

Thank You
Təşəkkür edirəm  
Sipas  

How Are You?
necəsən  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
yaxşı gecə  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Axşamınız xeyir  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Günortanız Xeyir  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Sabahınız xeyir  
Bayanit bash  

Please
lütfən  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
üzr  
Bibûre  

Bye
xudafiz  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Mən səni sevirəm  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Bağışlayın  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Derbent  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Russia  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
20
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Gazakh  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
37,000,000.00  
18
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baku  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
37.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
33  
26
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
26.00 million  
39
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.34 %  
39
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
25.00 million  
27
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
azéri  
kurde  

German Name
Aserbeidschanisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Azerbaijani  
Kurds  

History

Origin
16th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Azerbaijani  
Kurdish  

Language Position
38  
35
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Azerbaijani  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
az  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
aze  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
aze  
kur  

ISO 639 3
aze  
kur  

ISO 639 6
aze  
kur  

Glottocode
azer1255  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Azerbaijani and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Azerbaijani vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Azerbaijani and Kurdish language. History of Azerbaijani language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Azerbaijani and Kurdish Language History.

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

Azerbaijani vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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