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Russian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Sipas  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Russki  

French Name
kurde  
russe  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Russians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
14  
13
7  
7

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
rus  

ISO 639 3
kur  
rus  

ISO 639 6
kur  
rus  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Kurdish and Russian Speaking population

Kurdish and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Kurdish vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Russian Language Codes

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

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