Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
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Turkish Language Association
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Azerbaijani Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Sipas
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Nasılsın?
Good Night
Şev xweş
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Evare baş
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Tünaydın
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
günaydın
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Kurdisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Origin
16th century CE
c. 1350
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
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
kurd1259
nucl1301
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic
Kurdish and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Turkish language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Turkish Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.