Countries
Iraq, Kurdistan
China
National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
China
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Interesting Facts
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
Similar To
Farsi Language
Uzbek Language
Derived From
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Gokturk Language
Alphabets in
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Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Silaw
Ässalamu läykum.
How Are You?
Tu çawa yî?
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
Good Night
Şev xweş
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
Good Evening
Evare baş
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Good Afternoon
Nee-wa-rowt bash
تۆنۈگۈن خەير
Good Morning
Bayanit bash
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
Bye
Be xêr çî
Khayr khosh
I Love You
Ez te hez dikem
sizni yahshi kOrman
Excuse Me
Bê zehmet
Kachurung
Dialect 1
Northern Kurdish
Turpan
Where They Speak
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
China
Dialect 2
Central Kurdish
Hotan
Where They Speak
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
China
Dialect 3
Southern Kurdish
Lop Nur
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq
China
Native Name
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
Alternative Names
Kurdî, کوردی
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
French Name
kurde
ouïgour
German Name
Kurdisch
Uigurisch
Pronunciation
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
Origin
16th century CE
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Early Forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
Standard Forms
Kurdish
Uyghur
Signed Forms
Kurdish Sign Language
Signed Uyghur
Glottocode
kurd1259
uigh1240
Linguasphere
58-AAA-a
No data Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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Kurdish and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kurdish and Uyghur language. Kurdish word for "Hello" is Silaw or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Kurdish Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kurdish vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Kurdish vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kurdish Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kurdish and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kurdish is 4 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.