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Polish vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Polish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Poland  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)  
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Interesting Facts
  • Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
  • The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
23  
13
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
cześć  
Silaw  

Thank You
dziękuję  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Jak się masz?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
dobranoc  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
dobry wieczór  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
dzień dobry  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Dzień dobry  
Bayanit bash  

Please
proszę  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Przepraszam  
Bibûre  

Bye
do widzenia  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
kocham Cię  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
przepraszam  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashubian  
Northern Kurdish  

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

How Many People Speak
108,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Masovian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Poland  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
45,000,000.00  
14
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Silesian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
510,000.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
34  
27
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
40.00 million  
31
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.61 %  
27
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
40.00 million  
24
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
40.00 million  
21
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Polski  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
polonais  
kurde  

German Name
Polnisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Poles  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1270  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Western  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Polish  
Kurdish  

Language Position
24  
22
14  
13

Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pl  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pol  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
pol  
kur  

ISO 639 3
pol  
kur  

ISO 639 6
pols  
kur  

Glottocode
poli1260  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
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Polish and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Polish vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Polish and Kurdish language. History of Polish language states that this language originated in 1270 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 Polish and Kurdish Language History.

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

Polish vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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