Countries
Macedonia
Iraq, Kurdistan
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"
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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
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Torlakian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Debar
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Galičnik
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Macedonia
Eastern Iraq
Native Name
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
macédonien
kurde
German Name
Makedonisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Macedonians
Kurds
Origin
2200 BC
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Slavic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Macedonian
Kurdish
Signed Forms
Macedonian Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Glottocode
mace1250
kurd1259
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ha
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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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.