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Kurdish and Slovak


Slovak and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
15  
12

How Many Consonants
29  
19
38  
27

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Sipas  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Bê zehmet  
Prosím  

Sorry
Bibûre  
Pardón!  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
kurde  
slovaque  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Slovak  

Language Position
14  
13
27  
25

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
slo  

ISO 639 3
kur  
slk  

ISO 639 6
kur  
slk  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Kurdish and Slovak Speaking population

Kurdish and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Kurdish vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Slovak Language Codes

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

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