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Kurdish vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

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

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Middle East  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
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
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Silaw  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Bibûre  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Русский  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
russe  
kurde  

German Name
Russisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
7  
7
14  
13

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
kur  

ISO 639 3
rus  
kur  

ISO 639 6
rus  
kur  

Glottocode
russ1263  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
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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Russian and Kurdish Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Kurdish language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Kurdish language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Kurdish Language History.

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

Russian vs Kurdish Difficulty

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

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