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Kurdish and Korean


Korean and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
North Korea, South Korea  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
The National Institute of the Korean Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
21  
18

How Many Consonants
29  
19
19  
9

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Hangul  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
Sipas  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
China, North Korea  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
77,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
1.14 %  
17

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
77.00 million  
13

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
kurde  
coréen  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[hangukmal]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Koreans  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
14  
13
12  
11

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
kor  

ISO 639 3
kur  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
kur  
kor  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Kurdish and Korean Speaking population

Kurdish and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Kurdish vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Korean Language Codes

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

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