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Romanian vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs 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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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   
38
20,000,000.00   
10

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   
14

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
3,000,000.00   
12

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 %   
35
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
Not Available   

Native Name
Română   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Not Available   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
kurde   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Kurds   

History

Origin
1521   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Kurdish   

Language Position
36   
28
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Romanian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Kurdish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Romanian vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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