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Finnish vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
13  
3
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Silaw  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Bayanit bash  

Please
haluta  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Bibûre  

Bye
Heippa  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Suomi  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
finnois  
kurde  

German Name
Finnisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1543  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Kurdish  

Language Position
22  
20
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
kur  

ISO 639 3
fin  
kur  

ISO 639 6
fin  
kur  

Glottocode
finn1318  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Finnish and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Kurdish language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Kurdish Language History.

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

Finnish vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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