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Macedonian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Macedonian


Countries

Countries
Macedonia   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
26   
16
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Silaw   

Thank You
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
Добар ден (Dobar den)   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   
Bayanit bash   

Please
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
жал (žal)   
Bibûre   

Bye
Чао (Čao)   
Be xêr çî   

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

Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Torlakian   
Northern Kurdish   

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

How Many People Speak
1.50   
99+
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Debar   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Galičnik   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Macedonia   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

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

Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   
Not Available   

French Name
macédonien   
kurde   

German Name
Makedonisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Macedonians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
2200 BC   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Macedonian   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
mk   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mkd   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
mac   
kur   

ISO 639 3
mkd   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mace1250   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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Macedonian and Kurdish Language History

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

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

Macedonian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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