Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Azerbaijan, Gambia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Azerbaijan 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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Turkish
Derived From
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Osmanly language
Alphabets in
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Azerbaijani-alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
necəsən
Good Night
Şev xweş
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
Evare baş
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Sabahınız xeyir
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Derbent
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Russia
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Azerbaijan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Baku
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Azerbaijan
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
German Name
Kurdisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Azerbaijani
Origin
16th century CE
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
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Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Azerbaijani
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
kurd1259
azer1255
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Kurdish and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Azerbaijani language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Azerbaijani word for "Thank You" is Təşəkkür edirəm. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Azerbaijani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Azerbaijani Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Azerbaijani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Azerbaijani 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 Azerbaijani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Azerbaijani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Azerbaijani time required is 44 weeks.