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Ukrainian and Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
будь ласк  

Sorry
Bibûre  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
kurde  
ukrainien  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
14  
13
26  
24

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
kur  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
kur  
ukr  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

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

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Kurdish and Ukrainian Speaking population

Kurdish and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kurdish and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Kurdish and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Kurdish vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kurdish and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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