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Romanian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
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Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
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
24 weeks  
6
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Silaw  

Thank You
multumesc  
Sipas  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Bayanit bash  

Please
Vă Rog  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
scuze  
Bibûre  

Bye
La revedere  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

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

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Română  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
kurde  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1521  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
36  
33
14  
13

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
kur  

ISO 639 3
ron  
kur  

ISO 639 6
ron  
kur  

Glottocode
roma1327  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Romanian and Kurdish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Romanian and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Romanian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Romanian are spoken in different Romanian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Romanian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Romanian dialects include: Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Romanian and Kurdish Speaking population

Romanian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Romanian and Kurdish on Romanian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Kurdish Language Codes

Romanian and Kurdish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Romanian and Kurdish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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