Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
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
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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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Kazakhstan
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Kazakhstan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Kazakhstan
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
German Name
Kurdisch
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Origin
16th century CE
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
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Northwestern (Kipchak)
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Kazakh
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
kaza1248
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
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.