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Lithuanian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Latvian  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
Silaw  

Thank You
Ačiū  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Prašom  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
Bibûre  

Bye
Ate  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Eastern Iraq  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
lituanien  
kurde  

German Name
Litauisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
44  
99+
14  
13

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
kur  

ISO 639 3
lit  
kur  

ISO 639 6
lit  
kur  

Glottocode
lith1251  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Lithuanian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Lithuanian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Lithuanian and Kurdish language. History of Lithuanian language states that this language originated in c. 1503 whereas history of Kurdish language states that this language originated in 16th century CE. 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 Lithuanian and Kurdish Language History.

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Lithuanian and Kurdish 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 Lithuanian and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Lithuanian and Kurdish language. Lithuanian word for "Hello" is Sveiki or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Lithuanian Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Lithuanian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Lithuanian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Lithuanian Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Lithuanian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Lithuanian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Lithuanian is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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