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Kurdish vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Kurdish


Countries

Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan  
Macedonia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
26  
16

Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille  

Writing Direction
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  
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)  

Sorry
Bibûre  
жал (žal)  

Bye
Be xêr çî  
Чао (Čao)  

I Love You
Ez te hez dikem  
Те сакам (Te sakam)  

Excuse Me
Bê zehmet  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
29
1.50  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Kurdish  
Debar  

Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
28  
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.31 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
20.00 million  
30
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)  

Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی‎  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic  

French Name
kurde  
macédonien  

German Name
Kurdisch  
Makedonisch  

Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]  

Ethnicity
Kurds  
Macedonians  

History

Origin
16th century CE  
2200 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kurdish  
Macedonian  

Language Position
14  
13
45  
99+

Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language  
Macedonian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ku  
mk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kur  
mkd  

ISO 639 2/B
kur  
mac  

ISO 639 3
kur  
mkd  

ISO 639 6
kur  
mkd  

Glottocode
kurd1259  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
58-AAA-a  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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Kurdish and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Kurdish vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Kurdish and Macedonian language. History of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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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.

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