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Kazakh vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  
Gambia, Kazakhstan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Middle East  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Kazakh language agency  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
  • The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
  • Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  

Similar To
Farsi Language  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
17  
7

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Silaw  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)  

Thank You
Sipas  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)  

How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)  

Good Night
Şev xweş  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)  

Good Evening
Evare baş  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)  

Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)  

Good Morning
Bayanit bash  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)  

Please
Bê zehmet  
өтінемін (ötinemin)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
bye  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Northeastern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
18,000,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Southern Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Western Kazakh  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Kazakhstan  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
18,000,000.00  
25

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.17 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
11.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
18.00 million  
32

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq  

French Name
kurde  
kazakh  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Kasachisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Kazahks  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Northwestern (Kipchak)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Kazakh  

Language Position
14  
13
93  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Kazakh Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
kk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
kaz  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
kaz  

ISO 639 3
kur  
kaz  

ISO 639 6
kur  
kaz  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
kaza1248  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Kurdish and Kazakh Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Kazakh language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Kazakh language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Kazakh language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Kurdish and Kazakh Language History.

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Kurdish and Kazakh 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 Kazakh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Kazakh language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Kazakh word for "Thank You" is Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Kazakh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kurdish vs Kazakh Difficulty

The Kurdish vs Kazakh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Kazakh 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 Kazakh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Kazakh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Kazakh time required is 44 weeks.

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