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Bulgarian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Bulgaria  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Macedonian language  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Моля (Molja)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Panagyurishte  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pirdop  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.80 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
9.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
български (bãlgarski)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Balgarski  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
bulgare  
kurde  

German Name
Bulgarisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Bulgarian people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
9th Century  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
88  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
bg  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bul  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
bul  
kur  

ISO 639 3
bul  
kur  

ISO 639 6
buls  
kur  

Glottocode
bulg1262  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bulgarian and Kurdish Speaking population

Bulgarian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % 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 Bulgarian and Kurdish on Bulgarian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bulgarian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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