Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
42
0
46
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National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, 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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
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Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Czech Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
158
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3829
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Ahoj
Silaw
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
Sipas
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Dobrú noc
Şev xweş
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
Bayanit bash
Please
Prosím
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Pardón!
Bibûre
Bye
Dovidenia
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Slovak
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Western Slovak
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
5,500,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
5.20 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.14 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
5.20 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
6.00 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
slovenčina
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
slovaque
kurde
German Name
Slowakisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Slovaks
Kurds
Origin
6th Century
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
Proto-Slavic
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Slovak
Kurdish
Language Position
2714
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sk
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slk
kur
ISO 639 2/B
slo
kur
ISO 639 3
slk
kur
ISO 639 6
slk
kur
Glottocode
slov1269
kurd1259
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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