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Kurdish
Kurdish

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Countries

Countries

Iraq, Kurdistan
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Middle East
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

Interesting Facts

  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Farsi Language
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3324
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

87
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2917
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

46
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

4 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Silaw
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Sipas
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Tu çawa yî?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

Şev xweş
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

Evare baş
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Nee-wa-rowt bash
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

Bayanit bash
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Bê zehmet
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Bibûre
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Be xêr çî
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Ez te hez dikem
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Bê zehmet
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Northern Kurdish
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Greece

How Many People Speak

20,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Central Kurdish
Griko

Where They Speak

Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Italy

How Many People Speak

5,000,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Southern Kurdish
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Eastern Iraq
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

3,000,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

325
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.31 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

21.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

20.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Kurdî, کوردی‎
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

kurde
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Kurdisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Kurds
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

16th century CE
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Kurdish
Modern Greek

Language Position

1474
1 120
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Signed Forms

Kurdish Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ku
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kur
ell

ISO 639 2/B

kur
gre

ISO 639 3

kur
ell

ISO 639 6

kur
ells

Glottocode

kurd1259
gree1276

Linguasphere

58-AAA-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Fusional, Synthetic

Kurdish and Greek Alphabets

Kurdish and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Kurdish and Greek. In Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Kurdish and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Kurdish and Greek languages. The Kurdish phonology consist Kurdish vowels and Kurdish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Kurdish greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Kurdish and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Kurdish and Greek Speaking population

Kurdish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Kurdish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Greek Language Codes

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