Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Macedonia
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Not Available
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hello
Silaw
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Sipas
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Şev xweş
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Evare baş
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Bê zehmet
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Torlakian
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Debar
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
kurde
macédonien
German Name
Kurdisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Kurds
Macedonians
Origin
16th century CE
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Macedonian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kurd1259
mace1250
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
Kurdish and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Macedonian language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.