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Belarusian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
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Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Russian and Ukrainian  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
39  
28
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
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
dobry dzień  
Silaw  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Kali laska  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
Bibûre  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
33
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
biélorusse  
kurde  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[bʲɛlaˈruskʲi]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
18th century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
79  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Belarusian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
kur  

ISO 639 3
bel  
kur  

ISO 639 6
bel  
kur  

Glottocode
bela1254  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Belarusian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Kurdish language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Belarusian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Belarusian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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