Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Iraq, Kurdistan
National Language
Turkey
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Middle East
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Farsi Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Sipas
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Şev xweş
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
günaydın
Bayanit bash
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Eastern Iraq
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Not Available
German Name
Türkisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Origin
c. 1350
16th century CE
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Not Available
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Kurdish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
kurd1259
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Turkish 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 Turkish and Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Kurdish language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Turkish vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.