Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Armenian Highland
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Greek
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Sipas
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Evare baş
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Bê zehmet
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Bibûre
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
kurde
arménien
German Name
Kurdisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Armenians
Origin
16th century CE
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Kurdish and Armenian Speaking population
Kurdish and Armenian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Armenian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Armenian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Armenian language is 0.22 %. 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 Kurdish and Armenian on Kurdish vs Armenian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kurdish and Armenian Language Codes
Kurdish and Armenian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kurdish and Armenian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.