Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Armenian Highland
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
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Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Greek
Alphabets in
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Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Silaw
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Sipas
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
Evare baş
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Bê zehmet
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Bibûre
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Be xêr çî
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
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Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
kurde
arménien
German Name
Kurdisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Armenians
Origin
16th century CE
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
arme1241
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
57-AAA-a
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic
Kurdish and Armenian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Kurdish and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Armenian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Armenian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Kurdish and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.