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Ukrainian and Kurdish


Kurdish and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ukraine  
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  
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Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Russian and Belarusian Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
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
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  
Bayanit bash  

Please
будь ласк  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)  
Bibûre  

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
17
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Volynian  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
44,000,000.00  
15
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Steppe  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
42,000,000.00  
14
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.46 %  
32
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
39.00 million  
25
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Ukrayins'ka Mova  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
ukrainien  
kurde  

German Name
Ukrainisch  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Ukrainians  
Kurds  

History

Origin
1561  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Eastern  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian  
Kurdish  

Language Position
26  
24
14  
13

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
uk  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
ukr  
kur  

ISO 639 3
ukr  
kur  

ISO 639 6
ukr  
kur  

Glottocode
ukra1253  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  
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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All Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Kurdish dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Kurdish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Kurdish Dialects are spoken in different Kurdish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Kurdish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Kurdish dialects include: Northern Kurdish , Central Kurdish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Kurdish Speaking population

Ukrainian and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % 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 Ukrainian and Kurdish on Ukrainian vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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